Example Sentences

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With her latest book, she took 10 years of her diaries and alphabetized them by the first letter of the first word of each sentence, then cut the book down into the volume published.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

A small bookcase near the front door holds Ms. Milligan’s alphabetized DVD collection of 1960s and ’70s television series, most snagged from the $5 bin at Target.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

Her spices were alphabetized, her cutlery all had to face the same direction in the drawer and her chocolate chip cookies were somehow all identical.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2022

Shelves lining the walls reached from floor to ceiling, each packed full of titles, perfectly alphabetized and separated by genre.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

It’s more like how Bryce looked when he accidentally crashed into Lenny’s tower of alphabetized DVDs, and he closed his eyes tight as if that’d make the mess he’d made go away.

From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden