beginning and end

Example Sentences

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When I look back, my eyes go right to these two books, the beginning and end of something, and maybe, a new beginning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

When I visited, at least, it played—mercifully—only at the beginning and end, not throughout.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

For England to be a man down and have to bowl twice on Friday was far from ideal, albeit if they were limited bursts at the beginning and end of the day.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2025

They did formal interviews at the beginning and end of that car ride, but for most of the trip they just chatted and got to know each other.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

Scholars have long debated the beginning and end of Reconstruction, as well as exactly when Jim Crow ended and the Civil Rights Movement or “Second Reconstruction” began.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander