crossing out
Example Sentences
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He may have tried to sneak it in by crossing out the names of Peach and Blossom from the Thanksgiving turkey pardon.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2024
The Corran car ferry has been out of action for six weeks, leaving the Highland communities that rely on the five-minute crossing out of pocket and increasingly frustrated.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
"I cried the whole time I was making it. It just goes on, and on, and on — crossing out possibilities. I gave up so many times, but I always went back."
From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2022
Certainly, we all could empathize with Charles Barkley crossing out his awful picks with a red sharpie — but, seriously, Sir Charles, Colorado State to the Elite Eight?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2022
Some afternoons I'd come home from school to find Aunt Cecile sitting at the dining-room table writing down and crossing out numbers as she talked on the phone.
From "Miracle's Boys" by Jacqueline Woodson
