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Example Sentences

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Lower rates would be welcome news for tech investors, who are still licking their wounds from the past week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

Now the leopard is licking their faces, and they are bewildered.

From Salon • Jan. 3, 2026

Lockjaw licking his comb to tidy his bangs.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

He said Wall Street “would be licking their chops and delighted to give us the capital.”

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

“Somebody likes somebody,” Luisa whispers, licking whipped cream off a plastic spoon.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko