Example Sentences

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"We mustn't get used to this eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth violence. We cannot allow Corsica to drift towards its demons, we have to change mentalities," he said.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

Executing the plan requires rewiring mentalities, erasing almost a generation’s worth of habits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

“There are different mentalities after winning and losing, and you have to understand that,” he said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2023

There are some hateful mentalities not worth interrogating.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2023

They—and he—cared about one thing; this fusion of their mentalities oriented their attention on the hill, the climb, the need to ascend.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick