Example Sentences

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Years ago, a date and I were talking about the lessons our mothers had imparted upon us in preparation for the romantic world.

From Washington Post • Jul. 15, 2019

Ventura said Danks’s influence would still be felt in the lessons he had imparted to the younger left-handers Sale and Jose Quintana, who entered the weekend a combined 10-1 with a 1.54 E.R.A.

From New York Times • May 7, 2016

It was surprising that, in the acknowledgments to The Pregnant Widow, Amis thanked Jane Austen for the "penetrating sanity" she had imparted to the English novel.

From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2012

That's the message Lions coach Max Good had imparted to his young team going into the game.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2011

Now the others began to act out, and the sense of justice and desire for equal rights that Mommy and my father had imparted to us began to backfire.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride