Example Sentences

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Unquestioned leaders and servile followers tell us why the German army marched into Russia without overcoats — the leader had decreed that the campaign would be victorious by autumn, and that was that.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2024

And while Hillary Clinton was 5-foot-5 in 2008, according to her spokesperson, by 2016 the anonymous brain trust of Google had decreed that she was 5-foot-7.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2020

The arrests were ordered by an anti-corruption committee, headed by the crown prince, that the king had decreed just hours earlier.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2017

If good old Constantine had decreed four days in a week, doctors would be prescribing antibiotics in four- or eight-day courses, rather than seven- or 14-day courses.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2017

So in death, the gods had decreed that she would know no rest until her weeping watered the black earth of the Vale, where the men she had loved were buried.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin