Example Sentences

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There is no use of trying to do too much and you have begun to show the strain to which you have been subjecting yourself.

From Mrs. Raffles Being the Adventures of an Amateur Crackswoman by Bangs, John Kendrick

But while the vision of philosophical anarchy has been fading away, whole nations on a gigantic scale have been subjecting the power of trusts and monopolies to the general will of the community.

From Is civilization a disease? by Coit, Stanton