applying

Example Sentences

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“Doomjobbing” is the cycle of endlessly applying for employment postings, refreshing LinkedIn and scrolling job boards without making meaningful progress toward meaningful employment.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

Exterminators charge extra for extraction and often leave contaminated hives behind after applying insecticides.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

However, applying fluid dynamics directly to magnetic fields was not straightforward.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

While the popular girls strutted through the halls with their effortless Pinterest-inspired updos, I was applying brown eyeshadow to my scalp to disguise the sparse spots.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

There was an excitement in the air, as some were applying to a program at Yale that allowed them to skip their senior year in high school.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers