Example Sentences

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Time didn’t diminish his creativity, Hockney explained to The Wall Street Journal in 2014, because “the joy and urge to draw is an ancient, 40,000-year-old impulse.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Many spreading this story are doing so with little or no evidence of wrongdoing and are instead relying on information that is false or can be explained by more benign reasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

State officials in both cases have explained the true causes of the issues and that nothing nefarious was behind them.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026

“I spoke to Gwynne and explained just that to her and she understood it. … She didn’t try to apologize for it, but together we decided we would still move forward,” Loverro said.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

And with that, Duane explained to Magic what he had in mind and what he needed her to do.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el