verbs

Example Sentences

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

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

The verbs for mattering, importer and compter, have no etymological link to matière.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Nouns and verbs occasionally do not match in tense.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2025

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

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024

Daddy and I made the beds, and afterward I learned five irregular French verbs.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank