Example Sentences

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Unless your priorities stink, and your daughter is in a plywood bedroom while you divert funds to retile the Jacuzzi.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022

Just as love shouldn’t be expected to fix your emotional problems, love shouldn’t be expected to retile your backsplash.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2020

I don’t mind that, but I do mind my sister’s assumption that I’d be happy to use my vacation to drive 300 miles to help paint and retile her new house!

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2016