Example Sentences

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The King had summed this up in his speech: "In difficult times, friends stand together."

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2025

In the Atlanta Jewish Times, meanwhile, a rabbi recalled how one clearly weary Jewish doctor in Greene’s district had summed up their experience.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2021

Months earlier, she had summed up the couple’s long but triumphant journey in a picture posted on Instagram: “Thirty-six years later, it IS possible to get out of the friend zone, y’all,” she wrote.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2018

Rowson had summed up precisely the way I felt after losing the Asda game.

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2016

Noah, the foaling groom at Claiborne, had summed it up about as well as anyone when he pulled Seabiscuit into the world: “Runty little thing.”

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand