verbs

Example Sentences

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These include word order preferences, such as whether verbs come before or after objects, and hierarchical structures, such as how grammatical relationships are marked within sentences.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 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

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

Science experiments were performed, Latin verbs conjugated, multiplication tables recited, and spelling bees held.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood