Example Sentences

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Most of them have nursed injuries over the past couple of seasons.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

By the time I have nursed the baby, had the toddler go pee, loaded up the diaper bag, and wrestled children into car seats it’s about 5.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2018

"A lot of people have nursed a secret admiration for him, because he's like Captain Mainwaring meets William Gladstone."

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2015

Because Collins, as big and as tough as they come in the N.B.A., as Adrian Wojnarowski writes on Yahoo.com, plows through just about every stereotype anyone might have nursed.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2013

I embrace her with all the love and affection I have nursed for her inside and outside prison from the moment I first met her.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela