Example Sentences

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I hope this “reckoning” of his wakes up those who have been coasting on brainless cruelty without placing much effort into innovation.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2024

In the spirit of Williams’ opening 2024 with bracingly unfiltered admissions, I hope this “reckoning” of his wakes up those who have been coasting on brainless cruelty without placing much effort into innovation.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2024

Markieff Morris tossed up a bad baseline look at the end of the shot clock, and Beal missed two threes during a time when the Wizards conceivably should have been coasting.

From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2018

Lukaku has 28 Everton goals this calendar year, but might have had three more in a first half the visitors dominated to such an extent they could have been coasting at half-time.

From The Guardian • Dec. 12, 2015

Rightly guessed!" he replied, still smiling; "I certainly have been at sea; I have been coasting all about your lovely land.

From Thelma by Corelli, Marie