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Example Sentences

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Then I take off the key I carry on a string around my neck, lock our apartment, and hold Boo’s hand as we tiptoe down the stairs.

From Literature

Medicare Advantage has been adjusting to tighter government purse strings for some time.

From The Wall Street Journal

While Kim's string of scandals cast a shadow over her husband's presidential career, it was Yoon himself who ultimately sealed his own fate as one of South Korea's most disgraced former leaders.

From BBC

The sound from its strings, sweet and haunting and melodic, touches my soul.

From Literature

It became the UK's fastest-selling debut of all time, and the four-piece went on to release a string of number one albums.

From BBC