Example Sentences

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I am combining metaphors, but he chases every red flag and ends up breaking the china.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2016

Don’t you see that I am combining the journey with one in search of my brother-in-law?”

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville

You see I am combining business with pleasure, and he will be thrown much on his own resources.

From The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam by Goldfrap, John Henry