verbs

Example Sentences

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Even when mental verbs were used, they were not always anthropomorphic.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

There are currently 184 verbs on the company’s official list.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 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

When what affects two verbs in the same sentence, the verbs should be alike—both singular or both plural, not one of each: What gives away Phyllis's age is her bad knees.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner