Example Sentences

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Back in Europe after his travels, Forster, still in his early 20s, became a member of the Royal Society and published “A Voyage Round the World.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

This feeling of helplessness came up again and again in our travels.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

Nowhere is this more evident than in the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow Persian Gulf waterway through which a fifth of the world’s oil normally travels.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

As an intense laser pulse travels through the waveguide, it expands into a broader range of colors.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Deydey usually talked about his travels, the places he’d seen and the people, the close calls and momentous encounters with animals, weather, other Anishinabeg, and best of all, ghosts.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich