paragraph

Example Sentences

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Four or five paragraphs were devoted to detailing the theater design—Oriental deities, minarets, hanging rugs, burning incense.

From Literature

He put his hand over my hand, and the placement of his hand spoke a whole sentence, a whole paragraph.

From Literature

In a couple of quick paragraphs, he said Iraq's ruler Saddam Hussein should comply with the United Nations resolutions to pull out of Kuwait.

From BBC

For once, I didn’t agonize over word choice or cross out whole paragraphs and try again.

From Literature

The tone of the marketing campaign bid request itself echoes that message, with its introductory paragraph pulled directly from Newsom’s State of the State speech in January.

From Los Angeles Times