proving

Example Sentences

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Clinical trials proving their benefits aren’t nearly as commonplace.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

These aspiring Jacobins, in other words, wanted to silence an advocate of campus free speech—thereby proving his point.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Since becoming a mother, keepers said she had settled "beautifully" into her new role, and was proving to be "calm, attentive and content", while trusting her keepers to be nearby but not too close.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

But after a career spent measuring progress in sometimes infinitesimal steps, he has shared experiences that are already proving valuable.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

An admirable outcome, were this world one Fastness of the Handdara, but alas we must walk forward troubling the new snow, proving and disproving, asking and answering.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin