in the course of

Example Sentences

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In the course of this unwelcome encounter, he had forgotten himself.

From Literature

For instance, Emily Dickinson does not appear in Tom Griffiths’s “The Laws of Thought,” yet in the course of reading the book one might be reminded of a line from her poetry: “Hope is the thing with feathers.”

From The Wall Street Journal

This month a jury found Ye liable in a legal dispute brought by a former contractor who accused the rapper of a range of labor violations in the course of his work on a Malibu mansion once owned by Ye.

From Los Angeles Times

The opprobrium that ensued in the course of a shamelessly one-sided trial shredded their reputations, cost them their jobs and led to an incurable banishment from public life.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the course of the lawsuit, one lawyer published two AI-fabricated citations in a filing.

From Los Angeles Times