Example Sentences

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The prosecution's student witnesses described Anthony as the aggressor.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The commission described an "urgent need" to protect a "growing market for general-purpose AI assistants" and give space for smaller players and new entrants to challenge large incumbents.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

In doing so, he described himself in a Truth Social post as “the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Hemingway famously described a character going bankrupt “gradually, then suddenly.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The coldness in the way he was always described as “the subject” or “the infant,” and never “my child,” or even the thing he was most hoping for...his real name, made Coal’s chest ache.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste