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Example Sentences

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Fifteen years ago, Beijing's Liangma riverbanks would have been smog-choked and deserted in winter, but these days they are dotted with families and exercising pensioners most mornings.

From Barron's

The area is dotted with smaller mines that have kept Tumbler Ridge in the coal business all along.

From The Wall Street Journal

This island near the Statue of Liberty, dotted with large, detached houses and patchy bus service, is politically more conservative than New York's other four boroughs.

From Barron's

But then, after a little bit of rain, the clouds cleared and brilliant green valleys spread before them, dotted by tiny houses.

From Literature

Lebanon is dotted with derelict buildings, and many inhabited structures are in an advanced state of disrepair.

From Barron's