Example Sentences

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“For now, trust has bent, but hasn’t broken. If it breaks, momentum will persist for longer.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

Musk’s association with his companies is like market pixie dust, which is why Tesla’s board of directors has bent over backwards to give him money he doesn’t need in an effort to keep him happy.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2025

In the long run, the world of music journalism has bent to the whims of the hyper-consumerist digital age just like all journalism has changed to meet the demands of the digital age.

From Salon • Sep. 13, 2023

“In the meadow, there, a red kalyna has bent down low. For some reason, our glorious Ukraine has been worried so,” they sang.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2022

She has bent the tyrant's rod, she has broken the yoke of slavery, she stands to-day redeemed.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie