Example Sentences

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Playing on the title, it opens with a big gospel organ and a massed chorus, before a handbrake turn into lip-smacking rap.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

The brief “Target Practice” opens the LP with a jaunty acoustic guitar figure and Mr. Picton’s somewhat reedy voice, and then adds a string section and massed voices that ratchet up the density and volume.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Last week, around 1,200 boats massed in two parallel lines further east of the January and December events and held their positions for about 30 hours, Wang said.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

He has also massed 25,000 soldiers near Colombia, a likely vector for infiltration.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2025

“In-va.sion,” we mouthed silently, the soundless word sweeping through the massed women like an electric charge.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom