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

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

Each shelf was completely full of titles, which were perfectly alphabetized and separated by genre.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

“We were only sitting next to each other because they used alphabetized seating.”

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2021

And how even the most organized trailer with nice curtains and a nice lamp and an alphabetized DVD collection is worth nothing if...

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