Example Sentences

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“I am not prone to hyperbole. I am prone to, like, popping off a little bit. I know that,” Walz said, prefacing his argument that Americans are living in a “dangerous” time.

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2025

Lesmerises asked Ferentz three questions at the end of the Ohio State news conference and, in prefacing one, pointed out that the Hawkeyes have one of the least productive offenses in the country.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2022

She, too, wanted to dream up rich fictional lives in lieu of what she saw at the time as the burden of prefacing her story with an explanation of her mixed-race identity and upbringing.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2021

Twitter deployed its system to block disinformation about voting, prefacing the post with a warning: “This Tweet violated the Twitter rules about civic and election integrity.”

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2020

Emenike talked for a long time, often prefacing a story with “The thing you have to understand about this country is this.”

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie