Example Sentences

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“We didn’t need flood insurance when we bought this house,” Michael Lathers said as he toured the soggy mess that Hurricane Ida made of the home.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

On Georgia's second play, Murray fumbled when hit by blitzing linebacker Herman Lathers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2012

Lathers worked four days on a job that should have been accomplished in as many hours.

From A Fool and His Money by McCutcheon, George Barr

It was the property of Mr. Peter Lathers, the yardmaster of the depot.

From Tom Grogan by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

And then look at the teams," chimed in Lathers, with a jerk of his thumb toward the dock—"a lot of staggering horse-car wrecks you couldn't sell to a glue-factory.

From Tom Grogan by Smith, Francis Hopkinson