Example Sentences

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Lyrical simplicities aside, her songs are weird, distinctive, beautiful, ranging, and complicated.

From Slate • Sep. 4, 2021

Through much of the book, Mishra sounds downright giddy to be living through a time when “many of our exalted ideas about ourselves have collapsed” and “mind-numbing simplicities about democracy” are being shattered.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2020

With 20 years of brand recognition on its side, “The SpongeBob Musical” sets the sincere simplicities of the series to song.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2019

But visit the border in southern California - where they say it is the busiest international crossing point in the world - and you witness the complexities, not the simplicities.

From BBC • May 24, 2016

When home from the hotel circuit, Howard’s longings were for the simplicities of small-town life: spending time with family and friends and working in the family’s poolroom.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly