Example Sentences

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Kristof says of Ursula that she “charts her course in full light with eyes wide open, and still she chooses danger. Chooses — over and over — not to surrender.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Idaho Chooses Life did not respond to a request for comment.

From Salon • Dec. 5, 2023

New Rangers Coach Chooses Assistants The Rangers announced the hiring of three assistant coaches Wednesday, marking another departure from the team’s structure under the departed coach John Tortorella.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2013

It Chooses You exposes the guide wires and—disappointingly—seems to reveal July’s distinctive voice as a cheap trick.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2012

Area Teenager Chooses Poorly My mother, the pacifist, would kill me dead if she knew what I’d just done.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon