readers

Example Sentences

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Rather than test the reader’s patience, they offer vivid, crystal clear windows into a life well lived.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

Ms. Nović’s habit of jumping from her life story at one age to another and then back again muddies the timeline as well as the reader’s understanding of what happened when.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

“The bottom line,” he said, “is trust” — vouching that an article is credible and worthy of a reader’s time.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026

Mr. Ireland draws the reader’s sympathy toward Trotsky, to a point, as an old man out of the game who did not deserve to be killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

In fact, the reader’s misery begins well before she plows into the pile of is-phrases at the end.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker