Example Sentences

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One measure of the willingness of Minnesotans to stay home has been bending.

From Washington Times • Apr. 29, 2020

Green Bay’s defense has been bending but not breaking.

From Washington Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Although Monk is 76 and has been bending and reimagining genres for decades longer than Sharon, the two artists seem cut from the same cosmic cloth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2019

Bryant has a vision for every line, but the truth is, he has been bending narratives and reshaping dialogue — occasionally with some artistic license — for more than two decades.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2018

For two weeks Mr. Sutherland has been bending under the belief of your personal criminality in this matter.

From Agatha Webb by Green, Anna Katharine