Example Sentences

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If he has been derided for behaving like the most important person in the room, it’s because most of the time, he was.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

“He especially enjoyed it when we’d have a story about some politician caught with his hand in the cookie jar, or a spicy feature about stuffed shirts behaving badly,” Willse said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Fixed-income — shown both on the chart, as well as a more detailed breakdown of corporate credit and other maturities of U.S. government bond — is behaving like it has in previous inflationary outbreaks.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

After treatment, the old stem cells began behaving more like young, healthy cells again.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

The way he was behaving was entirely new to him.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill