Example Sentences

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Elizabeth, a former spy, is grieving her husband; psychiatrist Ibrahim is counseling an ex-con; while Joyce is busy with her daughter’s wedding.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 29, 2025

“The main treatment for trauma is counseling and support,” she says.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022

He is counseling against resentment and self-pity, extolling instead the importance of caring for one another as an antidote to avarice and racism.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2020

Venture firm Andreessen Horowitz is counseling startups that if they raise money from a China-backed investor, they put themselves at risk of government scrutiny, a person with knowledge of the matter said.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2018

“We will be working with his family in the hope that the court and the government will see that what he needs is counseling and support, not imprisonment,” she said in an email.

From Washington Times • Mar. 5, 2017