Example Sentences

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Shortly after, during a timeout in the game, she learned that the teams together were awarding her a $10,000 scholarship.

From Washington Post • Jan. 2, 2022

If we were awarding a prize for the season’s worst book we should ask Mrs. Gene Stratton Porter to call tomorrow … and receive a limp-leather hand-tooled copy of Edgar Guest as a reward.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2018

All the while, the TSA's top executives were awarding and enriching themselves: As many as nine top officials were awarded four- and five-figure bonuses, despite the interminable waits and the flunked security audits.

From US News • Sep. 9, 2016

For the most part, I found Goodreaders were awarding my novel one star or five stars, with nothing in between.

From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2014

Someone was making a speech—they were awarding some kind of prize for first man and there was applause and they were waiting for Orville to get up.

From First Man by Brown, Clyde