fetching

Example Sentences

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Through Stacy’s fetching sadness, we come to know that maybe a certain motivational speaker was right.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026

As of Tuesday’s close, it was fetching just 5.5-times its projected earnings for 2026.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

A fetching lass in Regency garb and her paramour, confessing his ardor.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The medical-device contract development and manufacturing sector has been a hotbed for deal activity in recent years—with companies fetching higher multiples to their earnings and revenue in those transactions than Integer’s current implied multiple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

Having a steward fetch and serve for him still felt strange; not long ago, it would have been him fetching breakfast for Lord Commander Mormont.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin