Example Sentences

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Scott and Goba did a fine job of pushing back at the most ridiculous lies, generally comporting themselves and the profession well.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2024

“I’m a practicing Catholic, and it is the biggest dilemma for me in terms of comporting my religious and cultural views with my political responsibility,” he said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” in April 2007.

From Washington Post • May 3, 2022

So it is like, “Well, are you a court? Because this sounds a lot like a court but you’re not exactly comporting yourself as a court.”

From The Verge • May 11, 2021

Even if she doesn’t agree with them, she’s comporting with them.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2021

She hated her mother, and detested her husband, comporting herself, however, with such calmness that no one could have imagined what thoughts were surging through her brain.

From Skipper Worse by Kielland, Alexander Lange