Example Sentences

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It’s interesting that the bombastically titled foreign film “The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared” made the cut above “Black Mass.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 14, 2016

Prime contenders: "Mr. Holmes," "The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window," "Legend," "Concussion"

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2016

Climbed into the crowd to propose to his girlfriend 39.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2014

I have finished two books since I last contributed to TLS - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared and Life of Pi.

From The Guardian • Jan. 16, 2013

Climbed back onto his bed and lay on his side to watch TV.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini