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Example Sentences

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To her left, Melvin Gibbs played electric bass—sometimes nonchalantly, sometimes with one bent knee, as if in genuflection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Trout almost ended the pitchers’ duel in the bottom of the sixth inning after sharply hitting a fly ball to left field but Arozarena tracked it down.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Several senior players, including Alexandre Lacazette, Rayan Cherki and Georges Mikautadze, left as part of a major reset, with younger, more affordable replacements brought in.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Grandpa had a large, traditional IRA he left to Grandma.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“I don’t think I would have reconnected with Cat at all, and if I hadn’t done that, I wouldn’t have gotten the message my grandpa left for me. . . .”

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith