Example Sentences

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Every previous conversation I'd had with Pettegrew had been stimulating and enthusiastic on both ends.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2021

Experts say China had been stimulating its economy to try to keep up growth rates.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2020

CNN reined in its arena rock, and I discovered that gratuitous guitar riffs really had been stimulating.

From Slate • Mar. 7, 2012

On the other hand, his education had been stimulating and emancipating, and even as a boy of thirteen his intelligence was alert and independent.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)

The interchange of messages between him in New York and Starr King in San Francisco had been stimulating and effective.

From A Backward Glance at Eighty Recollections & comment by Murdock, Charles A. (Charles Albert)