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Example Sentences

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Step off the 7 train, and languages quickly shift from Nepali and Bengali to Spanish and Tagalog as you walk between blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Voices in four languages that weren’t needed, because the language we spoke was the game: the give-and-go, the look that means I’m here, I’ve got you.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In his speech to Spanish bishops, he urged them to "build a new reality through respectful dialogue and the use of new languages" to evangelise, urging them to recognise young people's "search for meaning".

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

Most subjects were affected, with the most dramatic shortfalls in maths, English, languages and sciences.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Knew twenty languages when he was only twenty-five.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham