Example Sentences

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A manager, that for all the rashness and wrath of the past, some team-mates say is answering his calling.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

Given that the answer to the question is so uncomplicated, why is answering it so complicated?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2025

Here he is answering a question about what specific legislation he would propose to deal with the high cost of child care.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2025

“They all have his information, but recently, over the last couple of months, nobody is answering emails or doing anything anymore.”

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2024

On the screen, Philby is answering another question: “In the second place, the Burgess-Maclean affair has raised issues of great”—he pauses—“delicacy.”

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell