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Example Sentences
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When I was little, Papa used to tell me that instead of a green thumb, Tūtū had a green ear.
From Literature
It could slowly slide along, because instead of being solid, the rock of a harmonic tremor was fluid.
From Literature
She turned to singing instead and landed on America’s Got Talent, covering Bruno Mars and Adele with fellow classmates from the Oakland School for the Arts.
She argues that the danger lies not only in the substance itself, but also in how it is marketed, using emotional appeals instead of evidence.
From Science Daily
It’s part of a pattern, he said, of federal officers jumping straight to use of force in situations that could have been de-escalated but instead create danger for both agents and their targets.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
