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Example Sentences

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“Yes” won’t sway any hardliners but it should convince anyone with eyes of the absurdity of trying to write a hate song, even as Y screams its vicious lyrics into the wind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

We're not even trying to copy anyone else.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Could trying to make my beds look pristine be considered a breach of Airbnb rules?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Investors hooked on monitoring the situation in Iran over the long weekend and trying to read market tea-leaves may have no choice but to take a look at cryptocurrencies that trade 24/7.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

We’d promised each other that we’d be together when we opened the emails, but she still won’t talk to me, even though I’ve sent her about forty-seven hundred messages apologizing and trying to explain.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam