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Example Sentences

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Dense layers of carefully manipulated sound—elements that seem alienating in some electronic music—are tethered to Ms. Muldrow’s mostly improvised words to suggest the complexities of human emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Daniel said after starting he has met thousands of people on the mountain who have offered words of support.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Designers need to pivot: Difficulty and complexity are not the dirty words we thought they were.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

In other words, we should probably prepare, once again, for one of the hottest summers of our lives, with a torrent of unpredictable storms and disasters to follow.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

I don’t say anything more, though, because guilt at my selfishness moves in, trapping the words I want to say in a ball of shame that gets stuck in my throat.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam