Example Sentences

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Over on the opinion pages, Mr. Hallowell explores how the nativity story weaves together a beautiful tapestry of fascinating figures, themes and prophetic fulfillments.

From Washington Times • Dec. 25, 2023

So I still get those kinds of fulfillments, but it was great being in the newsroom with people.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2020

In return for replacing unconscious repression with conscious renunciation, we get a civilisation, and all its bounty – stability, a sense of purpose, the fulfillments of culture.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2018

But his analysis of it, and the resulting conclusion — that dreams are wish fulfillments — proved revolutionary.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2014

Fate, when we count upon her, is apt to be extraordinarily slow in working out her fulfillments.

From The Wayfarers by Cutting, Mary Stewart Doubleday