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Example Sentences
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Stop down for a 20-minute meditation break I’ll usually meditate for a second time before I start in on cooking or whatever the evening’s activities are going to be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
Clemente said another batch of students will start in on the collection when classes resume this fall.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2019
I struggle with some of the classics, but once I start in on a book, I tend to finish it.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
“But Kaitlyn, I’m reading 5,000 words of your diary right now. How can you even start in on this guy for lacking self-awareness?” you might say.
From The Verge ● Sep. 1, 2017
You know they aren’t going to last, but when you start in on them, they’re like a week of summer plunked down as a gift in the middle of junior high school.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
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