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Example Sentences

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"I think it's safe to say that change is on my agenda… Not overly radical, but changes that I think need to happen," he told Mr Levy.

From BBC

"Not overly radical change, but change that needs to happen," he added.

From BBC

Aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s dry and well-balanced, with a bright but not overly assertive acidity, deft minerality and pleasingly delicate persistence in the mouth.

From The Wall Street Journal

The major gag is a tediously extended bit about how Nick and Judy, after undergoing partners’ therapy, have trained themselves to speak in the roundabout, exquisitely sensitive language of the overly counseled.

From The Wall Street Journal

If ever the Shakespearean warning about those who “doth protest too much” seemed apt, Skandalakis’ overly long preface to his motion surely qualifies.

From Salon