Example Sentences

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I am displaying what philosopher Daniel Dennett calls “competence without comprehension.”

From Scientific American • Sep. 3, 2021

“One interpretation of the law is that by showing up and teaching, I am displaying transsexuality.”

From Reuters • Jul. 8, 2021

Then Spiffy and Lady Broadhem's lawyer both look upon the marriage as settled: how else can they account for the trouble I am taking, and the liberality I am displaying?

From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence

B. also says that I am displaying more energy than prudence in forming an opinion of a people merely from a few weeks’ travel amongst them. 

From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

I try to show you what manner of woman you really are, and you believe that I am displaying the same presumption which I have just condemned in my own brother.

From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson