Example Sentences

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While the earlier snowmelt was stimulating plants' productivity in June, that productivity began to taper off in July – normally their peak season for photosynthesis.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2022

The marker itself was stimulating the rodents’ immune system to attack the tumor cells.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 17, 2022

And those boomers may, if they’re being honest, will tell you that they stayed at that long-term job because it was comfortable, not because it was stimulating.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2019

If a conversation was stimulating enough, Popovich would approach his tiny wine rack, eight or nine bottles that were the seeds of a vast collection, and let the contents and conversation breathe.

From Washington Post • Feb. 17, 2017

His belief in the advent of Divine vengeance on those who doubted or threatened the awful supremacy of British dominion on land or sea was stimulating to him.

From Drake, Nelson and Napoleon by Runciman, Walter