Example Sentences

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While the popular girls strutted through the halls with their effortless Pinterest-inspired updos, I was applying brown eyeshadow to my scalp to disguise the sparse spots.

From Slate • May 23, 2026

Burkina Faso's foreign ministry said in the statement that it was applying "equivalent visa measures" on Americans.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

In May, CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis said the CIA was applying counterterrorism tactics to what has long been considered a law-enforcement issue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Ramirez said she was a caregiver for her brother — who has since died — and that she was applying to the Beverly Hills job in an attempt to get away from Alvarado.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

Not because she isn't nice, because she is—she always hand-makes birthday cards, and she even sent me an e-mail when she heard I was applying to Prism to tell me good luck.

From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman