Example Sentences

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If people don’t submit their applications in time, it can jeopardize the new lives they were constructing in their adopted cities.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023

It is astonishing to remember that when America’s Founding Fathers were constructing their experiment in government, they were virtually alone in a world of monarchies.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

Limones, the fire captain from Santa Clara County, said he and his hand crew were constructing containment lines near the Pacific Crest Trail when they paused to observe the cloud.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2021

Maybe not from a moral standpoint, but mathematically, if you were constructing a joke, this is all the ingredients you need.

From Slate • Oct. 4, 2020

We were working on our projects for Main Street, which is a scale model of a city block that were constructing in the back of our classroom.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead