verbs

Example Sentences

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I wish the show’s wall text and labels weren’t so overloaded with jargon, verbs like navigating, negotiating, interrogating, decentering, decontextualizing, disrupting and destabilizing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026

Nouns and verbs occasionally do not match in tense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

Gorsuch argues that Congress used present-tense verbs in one sliver of the ADA, which implies that Congress was only protecting people who were actively seeking or holding a job, not retirees.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2025

"We started with the basics - the alphabet, nouns, verbs, present continuous," she says.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Jake watched in amazement as Grace clearly explained the difference between the two verbs.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein