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Example Sentences
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The two spend the years picking at each other while secretly growing fond of the other’s company, though never able to act on their feelings due to the difference in their social status.
From Salon
The microphone also transformed acting in Hollywood films, ushering out loud voices trained to project in theaters.
In addition, certain enzymes act like regulators, directing how glucose moves through metabolic pathways and influencing how efficiently energy is produced.
From Science Daily
But most importantly — or, rather, interestingly — is its impact on food, transforming the humble spaghetti and meatballs into a grand act of intimacy.
From Salon
"They will not be without their critics. But in the face of a housing crisis that has become a genuine emergency in parts of Britain, we will act where previous governments have failed," he said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
