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Example Sentences

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Katherine Sayre provided a prompt: “Punk-infused Honky-tonk country shuffle beat with a dog in the lyric.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

The chancellor's remarks did prompt some applause in the Bundestag, among his own MPs in the conservative CDU party as well as from lawmakers in the far-right AfD.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The comments prompt J-Hope, Jimin and V to laugh, which could be played off as a joke.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

But those steep gains prompt the question: Just how much higher can Vertiv go?

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

What about the book used to prompt the players, then?

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood