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
"But at the same time, when we apply mental verbs to machines, there's also a risk of blurring the line between what humans and AI can do."
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
Similarly, the allegedly unsplittable verb will execute is not a verb at all but two verbs, the auxiliary verb will and the main verb execute.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
