Example Sentences

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Jonas wrote the pilot several years ago without a particular actor in mind for the lead character, who narrates the novel as if she were delivering an ongoing monologue.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

But Mr. Sachs instead sticks to the script, as it were, delivering something in the “My Dinner With Andre” tradition of two people simply talking to each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

The government said the payments were delivering "quick and much-needed help" to millions of low-income households.

From BBC • Sep. 21, 2023

He said the engines were delivering on promised fuel savings when they were fitted and cleared to fly.

From Reuters • Aug. 9, 2023

If you were delivering telegrams for Western Union in New York you’d be earning twenty-five dollars a week and living in luxury.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt