Example Sentences

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Somehow, the study’s authors realized, the active tribespeople’s bodies were compensating, dialing back overall calorie burning, so that they avoided starvation as they stalked their food.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2021

Maybe these players were compensating for the silence that they had just escaped.

From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2018

The floor sadly showed its unacquaintance with soap and scrubbing-brush, but there were compensating advantages.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

It seems as if this man had been sleepless all his life before, and that now his overwrought brain and heart were compensating themselves for the toil and wakefulness of years.

From Edmond Dantès by Flagg, Edmund

I knew I was wasting your time by letting you love me, and hampering your projects; but I thought there were compensating advantages. 

From Two on a Tower by Hardy, Thomas