Example Sentences

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As Olympia psychologist Dr. Matt Goldenberg put it, there will be no “big collective return” to seminormal life.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2021

Returning to where the rest of Australia sits is both possible and worth striving for: a seminormal life back, without the accompanying death rate.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2020

Sometime after the baby is born and life returns to seminormal, tell John you have a suggestion about what to do about the information he shared.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2012

When they say, “Do you want a seminormal structured job, and a sitcom that’s fun to do and you can have a nice time?,”

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2010

“I’m done with Dusty and the Coral Queen. I just want to come home and live a quiet, seminormal life.”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen