Example Sentences

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Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving carries a maximum sentence of five years, while causing death by driving while uninsured carries a maximum term of two years, according to the Sentencing Council.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Causing spasms in the media, Mr. Thiel’s lectures reportedly included passing reference to Greta Thunberg.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness” has become a handbook for the phones-free schools movement.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

Causing serious injury, by contrast, could lead to a negligence claim, and a substantial award of damages, in favor of the injured plaintiff.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2024

“There’s some protesting going on. Causing a mess of traffic.”

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée