Example Sentences

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As a carbon-farming tool, compost bears some notable advantages — namely, it works both preventively and correctively.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2018

“Five an’ half at this time o’ the tide,” said Josh correctively.

From Menhardoc by Staniland, C.J.

“Has Old Brownsmith had him long?” he said correctively.

From Brownsmith's Boy A Romance in a Garden by Fenn, George Manville

Not a bat," said her mistress correctively; "it was a cat.

From The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Warner, Anne

“Our wishes,” he said, correctively, and she dropped her 324 eyes and bent her head in assent.

From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis