Example Sentences

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The policy touches on a sensitive area of military life: how a federal institution recognizes and records personal belief systems.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

“Time and Water” touches on the epic verse called rimurs, passed down via chanted song by Icelandic women, their descriptive, sorrowful tales like dispatches from previous ages.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The craftsman is getting ready to add the finishing touches, inscriptions or designs, to his work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Nobody had more touches than him in the game and nobody made more passes into the final third.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

All around her, filtered sunlight pushed through the trees, casting touches of gold on random spots.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray