Example Sentences

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YouTube under the covers at night, watching hamster videos on school-issued Chromebooks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

The team gathered for a movie night, watching Step Up - a noughties film about an underdog dancer having his day on the big stage - on the projector at their base.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025

“It’s heartbreaking that, less than eight months later, the 5,000 people in the jails and their loved ones will spend another sleepless night watching a fire and praying that it doesn’t reach them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

"I am heartbroken every Monday night watching the lies."

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2024

I remember, that night, watching the teenagers gathering along the pathway near the Seine to do all their teenage things.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates