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Example Sentences

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Welcome to this weekend’s edition of the Surge, a politics newsletter that, in light of the hantavirus outbreak, sadly will be canceling all of our future vacations to rat-infested garbage dumps.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

“And it’s here,” Ms. Applegate tells the listener, that “your devastated narrator slowly raises her hand to sadly admit to all three, and then some.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Looking at Patel’s career before he took over the FBI shows a strong pattern of thirsty behavior that makes all of this sadly predictable.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2026

Rosenior was right when he came out afterwards and said the performance was "unacceptable" but, sadly, when a manager is so critical of his players you know that is usually the end for him.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

I nodded sadly and tried to look brave.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen