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Example Sentences

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Although McBurney was OK with Agle’s tongue-in-cheek designs, including cat-, tiki- and Asian-themed bedrooms with velvet paintings and Googie-style lava lamps, he wasn’t initially sold on the home’s orange ceilings.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2024

Although it pales in comparison to raising livestock for human consumption, commercial cat- and dog-food production emits a non-trivial amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2023

Researchers in France subjected house cats to recordings of their owner or a stranger saying various phrases in cat- or human-directed speech.

From Scientific American • Dec. 29, 2022

With more than 60 ski operators, including traditional resorts, cat- and heli-skiing operations, and guided backcountry touring, the powder highway is a winter sports promised land.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021

“He would have rid that horse, too,” pa says, “if I hadn’t a stopped him. A durn spotted critter wilder than a cat- tymount. A deliberate flouting of her and of me.”

From "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner