plying
Example Sentences
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The squad is brimming with international talent, many of whose profiles and personal sponsorship agreements benefit from plying their trade in the Premier League.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Yanet Dominguez, a fifth-grade teacher at the school, said parents had been plying her with questions about the building's structural safety.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Of course, Na is toying with his audience’s show me anticipation, while plying his trademark humor about rural sensibilities and desperate needling behavior.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
He is in many ways the perfect representative of the globe-trotting Sharks, having been born nearly 2,000 miles from Cape Verde in Portugal and plying his trade professionally for Maccabi Tel Aviv.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
I must admit they’re doing their best to keep me in condition: they’re plying me with dextrose, cod-liver oil, brewer’s yeast and calcium.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
