Example Sentences

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From its perch a million miles from Earth, the James Webb Space Telescope has sighted two of the most distant galaxies ever — and delivered a brilliant surprise.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

Shlomtzion died in 1995, and no one has sighted a leopard since.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2013

While the team couldn’t relocate that calf, the Aloha Kai has sighted three entangled animals and freed one whale this season.

From New York Times • May 3, 2013

By means of the wireless telegraph each master informs the vessels in his immediate radius of icebergs and field ice that he has sighted.

From Scientific American • Apr. 10, 2012

Above him, kneeling on his bunk, Frederick peers out the open window through a pair of antique field glasses and makes a record on the bed rail of birds he has sighted.

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