Example Sentences

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Dahlia Lithwick: Judge VanDyke has constructed a reputation for himself as the judiciary’s most decorum-shredding troll.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

Ms. Mumenthaler has constructed her character study with subtly expressionistic imagination, deploying an enveloping, finely tuned sound design and finding a transporting musical motif in Holst’s “The Planets.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

To appreciate the long-term advantage that quality stocks enjoy, consider the performance of two hypothetical portfolios that AQR Capital Management has constructed.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 14, 2025

He might finally get his wish because of the roster he has constructed.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Please let this be a puzzle, an elaborate game Papa has constructed, a riddle she must solve.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr