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Example Sentences

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The hosts get generational wealth and perhaps retain enough editorial freedom to look in the mirror and tell themselves they aren’t sellouts.

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2026

His two main characters, infantrymen named Willie and Joe, were bedraggled, unshaven, dirty, tired to the bone, contemptuous of authority—in other words, mirror images of many of the real soldiers fighting that war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

When these strips are positioned closer together than the wavelength of light, the grating can act like a near-perfect mirror while also holding the light inside a very small volume.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Whoever's booing them now must be the type of character that smiles at themself in the mirror in the morning, just to get it over with.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Jonah frowned at Katherine’s reflection in the bathroom mirror.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix