chosen

Example Sentences

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The tree they carried was not chosen by chance.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

There’s no Betty Buckley in the cast to catapult “Memory,” the show’s indelible power ballad, to the Heaviside Layer, the land of rebirth for one lucky chosen cat.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Church’s phrase “this glorious country,” which Ms. Johnson has felicitously chosen for her title, refers not jingoistically to the U.S. but to the beauty of the countryside around his upstate farm.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

"It will be necessary to have the strength of a vote in favour of a chosen candidate -- not one cast merely to reject the other candidate," she said.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

None of us wanted to tell Max about this change, but I was apparently chosen.

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