Example Sentences

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The Ashburn-Turner County Chamber of Commerce raised nearly $80,000 to replace the giant groundnut, which had saluted motorists since 1975 until it was blown down on Oct.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 24, 2023

Evans, 35, had saluted her vocal supporters as she came out for the game and went 34 ahead in the opening frame before a missed black let her opponent in.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021

She had saluted incorrectly, and I think she was wearing the wrong hackle.

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2020

In an earlier poem, Gayley had saluted Shakespeare as “Born of the Mayflower, born of Virginia.”

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2020

The other constable, the one who had saluted, was hurrying over.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan