Example Sentences

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The shift in attitude hasn’t been firmly diagrammed; instead, what’s going on here is mostly subconscious, like a collective unlocking of forbidden territory.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

Forget the stodgy days of X’s and O’s diagrammed in the playbook.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2022

You already have diagrammed some of the Mark Twain excerpt and know how plots move along.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

But he aspires to the sort of command and creative power now enjoyed by chemists, who can synthesize whatever can be diagrammed.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

The Stephanides family tree, diagrammed in Dr. Luce’s “Autosomal Transmission of Recessive Traits,” goes into more detail than I think you would care to know about.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides