Example Sentences

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At the end of "Thalidomide," Plath writes, "The glass cracks across, / The image / Flees and aborts like dropped mercury."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2022

Flees that feed on infected rodents or other mammals typically transmit the plague bacteria.

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2014

Thine are the woods whereto my soul,   Out of the noontide beam, Flees for a refuge green and cool   And tranquil as a dream.

From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume I. by De la Mare, Walter

Through the willows, flits a dream; Flits, but shows a smiling face, Flees, but with so quaint a grace, None can choose to stay at home, All must follow—all must roam.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

What a newspaper story she would make—"Society Favorite a Paid Spy"; "Woman Lobbyist Flees Capital."

From A Gentleman from Mississippi by Rhodes, Harrison