Example Sentences

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Later, at a rickety antique table in the living room, Dennett taught me a word game he’d perfected called Frigatebird.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2017

Real frigate birds swoop down to steal fish from other birds; in Frigatebird, you steal words made of Scrabble tiles from your opponents.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2017