Example Sentences

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The state has had recurringly high mortality rates in its prisons, including in 2020.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2023

They’re in each other’s way, so something has to give — and does give, recurringly.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

The first half of the film flashes back recurringly both to Johnson landing the vice presidency and the complicated relationship he has with the man who gave him the job.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2016

Most Dardenne films use only the plainchant of human dialogue; this one provides moments of transcendent beauty with a single Beethoven phrase, gorgeous and benedictive, recurringly used in scenes with the boy.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2012

Much as I dream recurringly about shrinking babies, I dream that the sky is covered from horizon to horizon with rows of airplanes, dirigibles, rocket ships, flying bombs, their formations as even as stitches.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston