Example Sentences

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Ultimately, we are tasked with the same dilemma our ancestors were, balancing the satisfaction of our needs with the risks that come along with the process of meeting them.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2025

They said they didn’t want to rush things, and because both were balancing other jobs, they couldn’t have anyway, leading them to ask the young poets to film themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024

He watched, past the waves, a whale breach, its tail pointing up, as if it were balancing beneath the sea on its great, balene’d snout.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2023

Others noted that the first two articles in the series did not include any subjects who were balancing work with parenthood.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2023

He recorded what he saw and what he felt in equal amounts, as if he were balancing the great scales of observation and reflection.

From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos