Example Sentences

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Two lessons are worth drawing from this whole sorry episode: Beings who think themselves independent and science-minded are not immune to the reward system in which they operate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 14, 2025

You have been cast as a “Teeny Tiny Beings Residential Specialist,” charged with finding the micro-humans new homes.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2024

Beings more deserving of the rights of personhood than the corporations that have been conferred that legal protection.

From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023

Three Quilt Beings roamed among audience members who had been invited to sit onstage.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2022

“You are very lucky. It’s not every day Holy Beings present themselves to humans, especially in this day and age.”

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young