put

Example Sentences

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PUT ME IN, COACH: Michigan may have trouble keeping all of its running backs happy.

From Washington Times • Sep. 8, 2017

He tweeted that “Iran has been formally PUT ON NOTICE.”

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2017

PUT UP TIME: Fisher made a six-win improvement for a 7-9 finish in 2012, his first season, but since then the franchise has treaded water.

From Washington Times • Sep. 7, 2015

PUT IT OUT: Firefighters tried to extinguish a burning fuel tank at an oil refinery in Homs, Syria, Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2013

“MORNING MAY NOT PUT ONE’S problems in a new light, but at least it puts them in a new day,” as the wise founder of the Swanburne Academy liked to say.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood