Example Sentences

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After Dr. Andersen defined cystic fibrosis, doctors saw that previously they had been dismissing the lung symptoms as pneumonia, and confusing the intestinal upset with something else�celiac disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

It made her feel sick to think she might have been dismissing James, a new friend she wanted to impress, the same way she’d felt her brother had been dismissing her.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

It made her feel sick to think she might have been dismissing James, a new friend she wanted to impress, the same way she’d felt her brother had been dismissing her.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

For years his business had been falling off, and he had been dismissing hands.

From With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne by Strang, Herbert