Example Sentences

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Operations Manager Hannah Panting says they have been told by Defra that the health authority will have to check between 1% and 30% of EU food imports.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2023

Panting, increased grooming, a dip in the lake.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2022

Panting heavily after digging the grave, shaking his head in dismay, local locksmith and odd-job man Urii Churachenko bent down and placed two cigarettes in the earth as a token for his friend.

From Reuters • Apr. 5, 2022

Panting, his right knee aching, Strike used the handrail to pull himself up the last few steps of the metal staircase leading to his office.

From The Guardian • Sep. 14, 2018

Panting heavily, his jaw bruised and his leg bleeding, the agent crawled toward the beauty queen and smeared her mouth with the Mind’s Flower fruit, torn from a neighboring plant.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray