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Example Sentences

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When he sent up a drone camera to check the crater, "there was no visible activity, there was no smoke either".

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Just before Walker sent up his miracle shot, the official had looked up and noticed that the clock still had two seconds on it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Political cartoonists have bravely sent up the powers-that-be for centuries.

From Salon • Jan. 1, 2026

A motorist, Darren Springer, 60, said he was driving south out of Death Valley when he saw an explosion that sent up a thick plume of black smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2025

I had lain tossing about, and had heard the clock strike only twice, when the night-watchman came to me, sent up from the ward, to say that Renfield had escaped.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker