Example Sentences

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And within a minute or two, I was well enough defended to take it all in more equably.

From Washington Post • Aug. 7, 2019

He smiles equably, never smugly, and evinces nothing but warmth toward the other doomed contestants.

From Slate • May 29, 2019

“I stand by that storyline,” says Rothwell, equably.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2018

He replied equably, saying, “It was a private partnership then, and a firm of the highest ethical standards,” but it had changed when it went public.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 24, 2017

“He’s a young boy not out of college yet. And you make people nervous, young man,” she said—most equably, for her.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger