Example Sentences

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She explained that the magnetic field would instantly pull the proton in each of the octillions of hydrogen atoms in my body into alignment.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018

A few quadrillions of eras, a few octillions of cubic leagues, do not hazard the span or make it impatient, They are but parts, any thing is but a part.

From Leaves of Grass by Whitman, Walt

A few quadrillions of eras, a few octillions of cubic leagues, do not hazard the span or make it impatient.

From Whitman A Study by Burroughs, John