Example Sentences

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There’s a genuinely moving sequence late in “My Old School” when McLeod films his former classmates as they are now, pursuing dramatically divergent careers and leadingly seemingly happy lives.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

Later on Thursday morning the former blogger and author elaborated on her daytime gabfest after moderator Whoopi Goldberg asked leadingly, “So what’s new with you?”

From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2017

"But you'd have to get supplies from time to time," he said leadingly.

From The Rider of Golden Bar by White, William Patterson

"The ole lady's dipped; she's dipped, sir," he remarked leadingly.

From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith

"Of course, you greeted him as a long-lost friend," remarked Claiborne leadingly.

From The Port of Missing Men by Nicholson, Meredith