Example Sentences

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The reason you feel “icky” about keeping some of your friend’s profit is that you are mixing friendship and business.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Bartenders are mixing cocktails, while attendees dance, flirt and mingle.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 29, 2024

This will take a bit of muscle if you are mixing by hand, but it is doable.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Outside his tent, Hungarians are "mixing" more than ever.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022

I lit four black-cherry candles that are mixing surprisingly well with the feast my parents are cooking up.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera