Example Sentences

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Then, just as Portland was converging with the national economy and finally getting back to health, the Great Recession of 2008 hit.

From Slate • Aug. 9, 2012

An Iraqi patrol -- two armed jeeps -- was converging on Basa's position.

From Time Magazine Archive

Another small army of females was converging on the U.S. from Europe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

L'Isle launched out into an erudite discourse on the aqueduct of Sertorius, which, stretching its long line of arches from the neighboring hills, was converging with their road to the city.

From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Bowen, Sue Petigru