Example Sentences

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Dental supply companies, investors in which are rubbing their hands in glee at the prospect of more demand for their products.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

“Some people are rubbing salt in the wounds of those who are suffering,” one commenter wrote of the conference online.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Fans are rubbing elbows with their favorite players to get those coveted autographs.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

At a special Bafta event to celebrate 30 years of This Morning, figures from the show's past and present are rubbing shoulders.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2018

I have lost so much weight it feels as if my joints are rubbing against each other, making my body ache.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung