Example Sentences

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Then last month, she was offered a job as a sales representative with the Charlotte Hornets, where she had been cultivating contacts since her sophomore year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

The device carried over from another project Diop had been cultivating, about an African mask telling its own story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2024

This was a running joke, but it was also a reflection of how Nikole had been cultivating the idea for what became the 1619 Project for many years.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2021

First, there was her newly released “White Noise, White Lines” album, a record that furthered the heavily traditional country slant of the folk-directed music the Ballard County native had been cultivating for years.

From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2020

I had been cultivating a headache for the last few hours—the kind of headache that felt like it was going to pop my eyes right out of my skull—and caffeine usually helped.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram