Example Sentences

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This is in keeping with Fellowes’ penchant for purveying a fantasy of class relationships foregrounded by unforced comity and respect.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

“Gaslight” is a hopeless old melodrama purveying woman-as-victim tropes.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Researchers find it difficult to track how many men have donated semen, how many children have resulted from each individual’s donation, and how much money is spent on procuring and purveying sperm.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2019

If that didn’t sound appealing enough, Shopbop, the website currently purveying this item, describes the colors of the wool/cashmere blend sweater as carrot and leaf green.

From Slate • Sep. 18, 2018

She added, for his consolation, that she would find an opportunity of purveying his child to him in good time, and pointed out that their friendship was now cemented for ever.

From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor