Example Sentences

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His muddy room contains a wooden bed under a mosquito net and a simple handmade table.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

It also contains the seeds of gay love that defined Hockney’s work.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Although their nervous system contains only about 160,000 neurons, they can still perform complex behaviors such as navigating, interacting socially, learning, and reacting to sensory signals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

It contains its own 18-hole golf course and statues of figures including Marcus Aurelius.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

One line segment contains 11 of those pieces; the other contains 13.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife