Example Sentences

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Washington will play in the Wooden Legacy, a four-team preseason tournament on Nov. 24 and 25 in Anaheim, Calif. shat includes Saint Mary’s, Vanderbilt and Fresno State.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 13, 2022

I loved him more than I ever thought I could love a person who shat into my hand while screaming at me.

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

My question to him was, “How do you know that these were pieces of human faeces and not humans that were eaten by American lions and then shat out in the caves?”

From National Geographic • Jun. 9, 2018

“We’ll have more in common, a lifetime of memories. Remember when the baby threw up, remember when the dog ate the shoe, remember when the cat shat in your closet?”

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2016

And you hear how Gorgias, when a swallow shat on his head, rebuked it: “Shame on you, Philomela!”

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith