Example Sentences

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While making his way through the ballroom he came across reporters ducking for cover and some jockeying for position with their phone cameras.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Not Brody, whose chiseled, wiry presence is ever in motion, flailing, ducking, wincing, yearning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

In modern slang it’s ghosting, or merely ducking out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

As I continued to circle the crowd, ducking between rows of folding chairs, I caught the same refrains over and over.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2026

They’ll be changing the world while I’ll be wasting time memorizing textbooks and ducking dodgeballs.

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty