Example Sentences

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Slates and guttering were also torn from the house.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2022

"Did tequila terry go to Slates room or was it Teddi? Asking for a friend," her former "RHOBH" co-star Lisa Rinna wrote.

From Fox News • Jul. 27, 2021

“I’m no art critic,” wrote Erica Slates, Inslee’s deputy finance director, in a recent fundraising pitch.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2019

The story centers on three well-to-do suburban families — the Slates, the Kellys and the Conrads — and one bleak February night that changes all their lives.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2018

Slates, Longs, Holts, and Ashwoods had held sway here, charged by Winterfell to keep the river safe.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin