Example Sentences

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For the past two weeks, though, the women’s No. 8 seed held it together and won a title that tennis circles had marked for her since she was 15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

Fourteen more had marked on their registration forms that they weren’t and the blame rested with workers for registering them nonetheless.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2026

Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow's UN envoy, said recent events had marked a new phase in the history of what he called "brotherly Syrian people".

From BBC • Jan. 12, 2025

We texted back and forth about Didion, Southern California and the drought that had marked our teenage years.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024

The Housing Authority was headed by a former cotton mill executive named Carvie Oldham, who ran public housing with the same autocratic and ruthless style that had marked his tenure in the mill.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson