Example Sentences

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His world is dimly lit, pungent with the burned-marshmallow smell of fermentation, as if old syrup were coating your every breath.

From New York Times • Jul. 4, 2014

Again he felt as if his body were coating with ice; his lungs contracted with that agonizing grip.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood