Example Sentences

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Fare ambassadors have patrolled Sound Transit’s trains since 2021, but it wasn’t until this month that the agency renewed its threat to write citations to passengers.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Globally, assorted gods have patrolled assorted underworlds for millennia, with death as their gloomy guard duty.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2022

And so, he and Trooper have patrolled the park year-round Sunday through Thursday, rain or shine, for up to six hours a day.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2019

“Since then, our troops have patrolled on a regular basis in the surrounding area to protect civilians and engage with the parties to the conflict,” she said.

From The Guardian • Dec. 14, 2015

Since we got here, Chris and I have patrolled the rivers' mouths for sight of you every day, but we had begun to despair when we came upon your canoe day before yesterday.

From The Boy Chums in the Forest or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades by Davis, J. Watson