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Example Sentences
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He remembered a Boy Scout hike once where his troop had come upon a clear shallow stream.
From Literature
“This show is not important. What is important is that we get to live in a country that allows us to have a show like this,” Kimmel said upon his return.
I think the people who wish ill upon other people will get what’s coming to them.
From Los Angeles Times
At this, the camera pans out to row upon row of white grave stones, seemingly all alike.
From Salon
“No grownups!” the boys exult, upon realizing they are on a deserted island after the plane evacuating them from Britain is shot down.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
