Example Sentences

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It was reseeded and grown over by lush grass, and by 1997 an ideal habitat was created for the first of Mr. Moore’s exemplars, the elk.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Section 2 comes out of one of the most poignant exemplars of patriotism and love of country I can point to in our history.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

He added: "I think we absolutely need people to be exemplars of the BBC values and follow our social media policy. It's as simple as that."

From BBC • May 14, 2025

While tragedy taught through mythic exemplars, Athenian comedy tackled current politics directly.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2025

I commended these three men as individuals, not as representatives of the court or of the state or even of their race, but as exemplars of human decency under adversity.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela