Example Sentences

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The window’s closed, the light’s on, the stove’s burning, and there I am brushing away at the rug.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank

Apiece of hair falls into her eyes, and I am brushing it back before she even notices it.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth