Example Sentences

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But farmers argue the technique provides lower yields, and that scattered recent rainfall has rendered it impossible in some fields anyway.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

Her voice, paired with Mr. Carey’s writing, creates a beguiling audio backstory for a woman whom time has rendered as unreal as one of her waxen figures.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

But the government's latest update has rendered first-time buyers ineligible, unless they fit into one of the priority groups.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2025

The German novelist most recently authored “Tyll,” shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize, and his translator, Ross Benjamin, has rendered his new historical fiction in idiomatic English prose.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2025

I realize through a haze that she has used a power-up on me, too, something that has rendered me frozen.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu