Example Sentences

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Nighy is channelling his most recent character - a football coach who takes an England squad to an international tournament.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2024

The only tool the ECB has laid out so far is channelling reinvestments from maturing bonds bought for pandemic-era stimulus back into the markets experiencing stress.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2022

The quantum-computing community is channelling most of its efforts towards building the ultimate machine: a digital quantum computer that tolerates noise and errors, and that in principle can be applied to any problem.

From Nature • Mar. 2, 2017

Political impersonators often talk about the thrill of inhabiting a political leader—it can seem as if an entertainer is channelling the original rather than simply acting.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2016

Helen is channelling her inner Marilyn Monroe, I’m guessing Kristina is spitting maribou feathers.

From The Guardian • Oct. 10, 2015