Example Sentences

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It went on to describe how Mr. Trump quickly realized that he should not have been displaying the map and told the representative to “not get too close.”

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

Just as Tesla shareholders have been displaying disquiet about the deal, Twitter shareholders have been displaying skepticism.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2022

Protests have broken out against high electricity bills and many small businesses, like restaurants, have been displaying exorbitant electricity bills on shop windows to show how close they are to being driven out of business.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

Many key countries have been displaying the diplomatic equivalent of schadenfreude — savoring America’s predicament rather than considering their own future difficulties.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2021

All these things you ought to do, if you wish to possess the book which I have been displaying to you.'

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes