Example Sentences

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He admitted they had been a little worried about how she would react to having her own lambs but they had bonded immediately.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

The writer and director had bonded over historic literary and cinematic material that they both found terrifying, and called upon Fisher to bring those terrors to life.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025

"By applying an electrical voltage via these 'wires', we are able to read how many bacteria had bonded to the sensor."

From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024

We had bonded in line as we both convinced ourselves boarding the Washington State Fair’s new thrill ride was a good idea.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 14, 2023

He’d rejected the thing that had bonded them, and it had been hard to find common ground after that.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook