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Example Sentences

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With one more tug and two more pushes, all four of Kevin’s legs had buckled and he lay on his side, clearly not at all sure how he’d gotten there.

From Literature

Plank responded by saying that she "thought maybe things had gotten better", and that it was "astounding they have gotten away with so much".

From BBC

“The place went crazy. Well, they still haven’t gotten their permits.”

From Los Angeles Times

He should have gotten A plus, but Miss Kemp made him do the whole paper over.

From Literature

Cignetti’s gotten a lot of attention for his bravado and his menacing sideline presence, in which he paces and stares like a customer who thinks the butcher’s hiding the best T-bones.

From The Wall Street Journal