verbs
Example Sentences
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"I had prepared a lesson on imperative verbs," Piantino, who also works as a teacher with other players and coaches from Brazil and abroad, recalled.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026
Even when mental verbs were used, they were not always anthropomorphic.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
She renders the fearless quality of Gehry’s work in vivid verbs, pointing out that if Wright “broke open the box in his Prairie homes, Frank Gehry has ruptured the building-as-box completely—destroyed it in fact.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
Nouns and verbs occasionally do not match in tense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2025
Nouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives—thousands of them—as well as a cool sentence-maker that is located on another level.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
