Example Sentences

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The history of public housing amounts to a history of social engineers trying to unsort people who have sorted themselves a certain way for various reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

Other critics have sorted through Perry’s talent and career highlights more extensively and meticulously than I could without simply relitigating what he brought to one of the most consistently popular TV shows ever.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

By then, the AFC will have sorted out its impressive collection of contenders.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2021

The medical centre - a place where people could perhaps have sorted supplies - was also flattened.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2021

“Richard and I have sorted everything out. It’ll be over soon.”

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia