Example Sentences

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I am treating myself as an exception, a special case.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020

“I’ve got to think about, even in my own business, how I am treating my employees, how we’re running and operating this business,” Mr. Jones said.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2018

“I am treating this as an experiment that we have the luxury to watch from a distance,” outgoing Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart told The Wall Street Journal in a recent interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2016

Patients ask this from time to time, belying a real fear that their doctor has given up, so I answer seriously, “I promise you, I am treating you with the most intensive cocktail available.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 27, 2016

“I am treating his child for a scorpion sting.”

From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck