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

"To re-consider it," said Peters, sadly and correctively.

From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry

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

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

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

From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis

“Master Carrbroke—” “Ned,” said the young man correctively.

From The King's Esquires The Jewel of France by Fenn, George Manville