Example Sentences

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But it is true that, for progressive education, school begins with the child and her interests and developing faculties, not with the subject matter and its intrinsic nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

No adult treats any other adult that way unless they’ve lost their mental faculties or never had them.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

She now wants to do Pilates after work, and the long hours she spends working and learning legalese have kept her mental faculties in check.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

He said the cuts would be felt across all its four faculties, including sciences and health as well as arts and humanities.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2024

I was stiff with long sitting, and bewildered with the noise and motion of the coach: gathering my faculties, I looked about me.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë