Example Sentences

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Now it’s three days to departure, and the dog is barfing, and the cat is sneezing ...

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2015

While the rest of the U.S., east of the Rockies, is sneezing on ragweed from mid-August to the first frost, Southern Californians are expected to suffer from a surfeit of sagebrush and Russian thistle.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Squire Cricket has a sore throat, Lady Spider is ailing, and almost everyone is sneezing," replied Nimble-toes.

From Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. by Leonard, Nellie Mabel

One can neither grieve nor reason when one is sneezing.

From Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)

"Hatchew! hatchew!" she sneezes, The tears drip from her chin, And while she still is sneezing Mamma comes softly in.

From Harper's Round Table, October 15, 1895 by Various