Example Sentences

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Sheinbaum's interest in her art had "changed her life," the trained business administrator said in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, where she now plies her art.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

One Colombian pilot who plies the Caribbean said crews look for any advantage, from sailing at night or in rough weather, even in storms when Colombian government patrol boats might stay in port.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

She plies a similar jovial egocentrism as a substitute teacher on “Abbott Elementary,” and both characters are insufferable to the adults in the room.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2024

The famous Delta Queen steamboat that now plies the Mississippi was built in Stockton to move passengers and freight in California.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2023

Soon as Hyperion gilds old Andrea's spires, From bed the artist to his cell retires, With bended back, there plies his steely awls, And shapes, and stuffs, and finishes the balls.

From Poems on Golf by Society, Edinburgh Burgess Golfing