Example Sentences

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I am practicing life drawing with pastels and am working on form.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

“I am practicing ‘If you can’t say anything positive, don’t say anything at all’ mantra.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2022

“I am practicing to be the supporter of a victorious team. You want to out dress your opponent and I’m ready for the moment”

From Fox News • Jan. 31, 2020

“I am practicing how to draw so that when I get older I can be a professional artist, and I also want to play football,” he said.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2016

I know the stars and movements planetary.4 With one whiff, I can sniff out dysentery, And also, I am practicing the way To soothe my patients — and to make them pay.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz