Example Sentences

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That seems downright quaint now; the rip-off they are effecting is at such a bigger scale, and we hardly have time to pay attention to it.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2025

Let the community be the judge of how their acts and works are effecting change.

From Time • Jul. 31, 2012

It would, I think, be proper that you should make known to us the changes you are effecting.

From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne

Suppose that while you are effecting an entrance you awaken him!

From No Moss The Career of a Rolling Stone by Castlemon, Harry

The sanitary efforts of our army are effecting changes beyond praise both in the people and their surroundings.

From An Ohio Woman in the Philippines Giving personal experiences and descriptions including incidents of Honolulu, ports in Japan and China by Conger, Emily Bronson