Example Sentences

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You write about how you hate feelings, but also movingly about loved ones’ health scares and your childhood.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Colm Hogan’s cinematography has handsome, rich shadows. but what’s best about it — and the pace of Brian Philip Davis’ editing — is they reward close attention without slumping into those interminable, inevitable jump scares.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, has had several recent health scares and announced last year that this will be his final term.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Watch out for capex-related scares, but it’s worth being ready to pounce on the winners of all that spending as well.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

He goes by John, but Twig refuses to call him anything else, and I think Twig scares Dad, so he doesn’t argue.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller