Example Sentences

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I am trimming the ship for landing, and we shall leave it immediately after we have landed, taking with us only what we absolutely need.

From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)

"A jacket which I am trimming for my daughter."

From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave