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Example Sentences

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She was precise and firm but careful — as she pressed on the outside corner of my eye, I felt tension draining down the side of my cheek and neck.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

And the rules governing qualified immunity paint plaintiffs like Gonzalez into a corner.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The roughly 60-mile journey adds to the hundreds of miles she’s already traveled from her birthplace in Plumas County, in the far northeastern corner of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The war has affected every corner of the world’s polyethylene industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But when I showed him a cubby hole behind the corner cupboard in the dining room, he shook his head.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom