Example Sentences

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"Omra was so young, her parents should have been nurturing her, allowing her to grow into the child she would become," he said.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

Fast food companies like McDonald's have been nurturing and manipulating that relationship very intentionally and focusing especially on certain audiences.

From Salon • Feb. 15, 2023

And either way, for the moment, Gab has arguably upstaged the work of admins and developers who have been nurturing their communities for years.

From The Verge • Jul. 12, 2019

I don't consider myself a world-class take merchant, but I have been nurturing this one for a while, and I want to come out guns blazing.

From Golf Digest • Jun. 12, 2017

In 1867 Mr. Gye may have been nurturing I know not what deadly scheme against my theatre.

From The Mapleson Memoirs, vol I 1848-1888 by Mapleson, James H.