putting on

Example Sentences

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The stock has fallen 8.7% this year in part due to investors’ worries about the return Meta’s AI investments will generate and the pressure they are putting on its free cash flow.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

There’s also some whining about Gilgeous-Alexander baiting foul calls from referees—initiating contact and then putting on a Juilliard-worthy death scene—but in this he’s hardly alone.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

She responded by putting on her earphones and listening to music.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

“I loved it when he got off work on the weekends. We would spend time either cutting grass, doing plumbing, putting on drywall, or playing music in church.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Sam decided, as he was putting on his jacket for the playground, that when he got home he would have a serious talk with his mom and daddy and Anastasia, too, about safety and health.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry