Example Sentences

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Because when I look back, I feel now I was singling you out for something that was bothering me that was going on in comedy and elsewhere in popular culture.

From New York Times • May 19, 2021

As it happened, the British state was singling him out for different purposes.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019

The group, in a December report, noted that Beijing was singling out sectors that received the biggest chunk of Chinese capital, such as entertainment.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2017

He was singling out Katy Tur, of NBC News, as he has before.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 3, 2016

It seemed to Gypsy like a great, glaring eye, that was singling her out and following her, and asking, "Where are Joy and Winnie?" over and over.

From Gypsy's Cousin Joy by Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart