Example Sentences

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"Every new live-service game invents its own demise," van Dreunen said.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Beyond business you’ll think: Lincoln in the dirt-floor log cabin becomes president, Oprah Winfrey of rural Mississippi hardship invents a media empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Even when he rewrites precedent and invents his own doctrines, his steps have been plotted years in advance.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2025

Other characters regard Chad as strange without seeing him as suspicious and accept the increasingly ridiculous stories Russ invents to keep selling the lie.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

“And—Oh! I know!—it’ll help if anyone ever invents a time machine,” Jeremy Evers wisecracked.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix