Example Sentences

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At least publicly, Biden seemed energized by grappling with the kinds of international issues that have interested him for decades.

From Washington Post • Jun. 26, 2022

Or put another way: He’s very good at finding new ways to explore themes that have interested him his entire career.

From Washington Times • Aug. 2, 2021

Parallel lives have interested Potter as far back as Orlando, her 1992 Oscar-nominated fantasy with Tilda Swinton as an Elizabethan nobleman, jumping time and genders.

From The Guardian • Sep. 4, 2020

Though that’s a bit more… mundane… than fixing traffic, those lines of business seem to have interested The Boring Company enough that it’s begun talking about using its tunnel technology for more than just transportation.

From The Verge • Dec. 19, 2018

“Oh, she’s gone away to get married,” Holmes said, as if nothing could have interested him less.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson