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Example Sentences

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The twins, Lucien and Lorenzo, would make Seneca, a tutor to Nero, reconsider his chosen field of endeavor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

A landmark is a landmark because it tells you that you’re home now — the piece of earth you’ve chosen to inhabit saying, “You’ve made it back, congratulations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

This trade-off is valuable when telescope time is limited and follow-up observations must be carefully chosen.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

She writes, “I wondered why he’d chosen him, rather than Leila, as his focus,” and guessed at how Jim might work with women based on this first film: “I assumed wrong.”

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

He had chosen Moose at the animal shelter, more than six years ago.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret