language

Example Sentences

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He is an able guide, piloting us deftly through the economic and cultural intricacies of a half-dozen societies in language that is mostly brisk and well-paced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"Wrinkly can be mean lots of things, so there's a lack of diagnostic language."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

She doesn’t feel comfortable speaking Spanish because she doesn’t know how to speak it anymore, even though it was her first language.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

In the language of the profession, “the risks are skewed to the downside.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

She began having long conversations with Father in Yiddish, speaking a language she had once despised to a man who no longer existed.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman