Example Sentences

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No viruses, which normally reproduce very quickly, grew on the glass plates he had coated with bacteria to use as virus chow, and at that point, the contents should have been tossed.

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2022

Within hours it had coated the ashes, the brick chimneys that the flames had left behind, and the jagged remains of roofs strewn across my burned-out town.

From Salon • May 22, 2022

Eventually, Martin was proved right; when the FBI raided the Queens garage, it even found the tubs of white that had coated the canvas in the fake Rothko.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2018

The exuberant and glistening Taufatofua, who had coated his muscular torso in oil prior to the ceremony, was an instant social-media sensation and soon became known worldwide as “The Shirtless Tongan.”

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2018

As word spread of this discovery, many of the New Jersey guests cried fraud, claiming that Leah had coated her hands with phosphorous before the séance.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock