Example Sentences

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Encountering a “Joy of Painting” episode in a pet food store, then, is not out of character.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

Encountering magma is rare and has only happened here, Kenya and Hawaii.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

Encountering Crumb today feels like being in a staring match with an artist who’s still almost daring the culture to eject him.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

Encountering so many fast-fashion items while browsing frustrated her, she said, because probably “they were made by somebody making pennies on the dollar in terrible conditions” to feed the “rapid turnover of seasons or trends.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 10, 2022

Encountering difficulties he would become more and more uneasy as to that point, until at last he would have detached a scout to make sure.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward