Example Sentences

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Rewarded with time off until Monday after the Thursday night game, will players be tuning in to other NFL games this weekend?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2024

Rewarded Paul Maurice in his 1,800th career game — the third NHL coach to reach that after Scotty Bowman and Barry Trotz — by beating Tampa Bay.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2023

Rewarded with a British record of one minute 55.88 seconds, Hodgkinson's run was almost six seconds faster than her pre-2021 best.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2021

Rewarded with his first assembly seat, Henry became a firebrand for American rights, most remembered for his later slogan “Give me liberty, or give me death!”

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Rewarded with princely rank, and shielded by the reigning house, he has escaped the infamy which he deserved at the hands of the historians.

From The Awakening of China by Martin, W. A. P. (William Alexander Parsons)