Example Sentences

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Tide tables have become the stuff of national interest, and rare moments when the exhausted whale has blown water or flapped its fin have warranted breaking news bulletins.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

I thought that whole Wolves performance was one that should have warranted a win and more than they got.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2025

In some other realm, the football career and its showbiz afterlife, pitching rental cars and enlivening spoofery, would have warranted the plain-old Great American treatment.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

Reed’s accomplishments — seven All-Star selections and two NBA Finals MVP awards among them — would have warranted Hall of Fame induction by themselves.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2023

He could not quite assume that self-assertion which he knew that his position would have warranted; but he did keep his flag up after a fashion.

From Ralph the Heir by Trollope, Anthony