Example Sentences

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After seeing Wardex’s extensive footage of alien life and the lengths they’ve gone to cover it up, Daniel is certain that all of it must be public knowledge, though even he isn’t quite sure why.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

“We took great lengths to try and be as accurate to the history but also to the deeper story as possible.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

In a sentencing memo filed before his court appearance, Fleming's lawyers said that he has gone "to extreme lengths to atone for his criminal conduct".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

The case shines a light on the lengths that the Chinese state goes to keep tabs on critics and dissidents abroad.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

I saw the angels, or at least I imagined I saw them, watching us scrap, stepping forward and catching the car batteries or jagged lengths of steel tubing that Dad launched across the yard.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover