serving
Example Sentences
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The judges also said she couldn’t lawfully be the acting U.S. attorney because she wasn’t serving in the first assistant position when the U.S. attorney post became vacant.
One of those men, serving time for armed robbery, said the reunion brought a rush of memories: “Seeing her in a dress, crying and running to me … that broke me down.”
From Salon
The real work of preparing and serving the food, however, remains in human hands, for now.
From Barron's
But the Tottenham man - whose family boasts a fascinating history, with both his father and grandfather serving in the Zairean army - showed his fighting spirit and settled into the contest.
From BBC
“I mean—money, six months vacation, live wherever you want. And you’re serving the nation. What other job allows that much flexibility?”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
