Example Sentences

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Alito, however, might as well have been describing Brown, whose unlawful presence—obviously subject to arrest—was sufficient to bring him within allegiance to Virginia.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026

“We have been describing the negotiations over the last week as ‘the beginning of the end’ for the shutdown,” notes Raymond James Washington Policy Analyst Ed Mills.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

"We got interested in this because other researchers, for years, have been describing this type of ecological memory of soil microbes having some way to remember from their ancestors' past," she said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

Asylum seekers already on the vessel have been describing the conditions.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2023

Lucy Maud Montgomery could have been describing me.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter