Example Sentences

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The song “Dreamboat Annie” was like a DNA song, like we were deriving from our experience of singing Beach Boys songs around campfires with our aunts and uncles and grandparents.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 26, 2023

Perhaps because European economies were deriving some benefit from all these illegal transactions.

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2019

And when these ’80s artists weren’t roaming — or painting — New York’s streets and buildings, they were deriving inspiration from its ever-morphing punk rock and New Wave music scene.

From Washington Post

But his joy waned when he reflected that two other people were deriving profit from the situation.

From The Goose Man by Porterfield, Allen Wilson

Their system of religious instruction, for the family, being quite thorough, the slaves were deriving much advantage from the influence of these bodies.

From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by Elliott, E. N.