Example Sentences

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The band — named for the pluralization of Green’s nickname, Goose — didn’t feature Hudson in its original lineup.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

While Louis C.K. and other comedians had success with an expansive, confessional style, he stuck to terse observational jokes about vintage horror movies, the nature of memory, and the pluralization of the word “octopus.”

From The New Yorker • May 1, 2017

It was in the nature of a delicate verbal compliment, implying that the person referred to was worthy of enlargement and pluralization.

From The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)

This pluralization of a familiar name was evidence on Bill Tilghman's part of the estimation in which he held our leading farrier, Mr. P. J. Galloway.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)