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tenses

verb as in hunch

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Example Sentences

My apologies if the tenses in the preceeding sentence are grammatically incorrect.

Roinsard fielded questions in a heavy French accent, frequently mixing up his tenses and appealing to a translator for a lifeline.

He plays fast and loose with tenses, slipping into the present, stopping the reader short in front of a brick wall.

Anyone who has tried to learn a second language is familiar with the maddening irregular verbs, conjugations, and tenses.

Berault is behind the times in retaining most of the Latin cases and tenses.

Gossip in all its moods and tenses, from the vague indicative of mere innuendo, to the full subjunctive of open defamation!

Verbs of this form introduce the ς into the future and other inflected tenses, as πείσω, πεύσομαι.

Provision defining the words and phrases, and covering all tenses, pronouns and both sexes.

In all the moods and tenses of the little maid the doctor looked for and found reminiscences of her mother.

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On this page you'll find 182 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tenses, such as: reinforce, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, anneal, and benumb.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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