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Example Sentences

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I’m standing on the runway, “OK, let’s go! Next plane! Next plane!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

A few hours earlier, while waiting for Wille outside the museum, I encountered an elderly Black man, apparently unhoused, standing on Michigan Avenue.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The church was packed on Sunday, with some worshippers left standing outside.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

But its public debt – standing at more than 130% of the total annual size of the economy - is high.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

I crooked my arm through his, standing close so that I did not have to look at him, loving the sound of his deep rolling voice.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom