Example Sentences

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"Fury was coasting against Usyk but his problem was he ran out of gas and got caught," Woodhall says.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2024

Musk was coasting along on a wave of undeserved adulation, at least until he bought Twitter.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2023

I was coasting into congratulatory Mahogany Hallmark cards stuffed with money, from my maternal Howard-University-alum aunties.

From Washington Post • May 4, 2022

Cage had flown in from New Orleans and was coasting along on a few hours’ sleep.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2022

Peter Sinkowitz was coasting down his driveway in a four-wheeled plastic banana; the two little girls were running, screaming after him.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli