Example Sentences

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The Baltimore Ravens announced Tuesday that they were designating Lamar Jackson as their franchise player, preventing him from becoming an unrestricted free agent this month after the expiration of his rookie contract.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2023

It was more about the failings of the characters who were designating him as a messiah type.

From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2017

Baker and his cadre were designating the battlefield every day.

From Time Magazine Archive

They dropped the harpy a couple of miles up what the latest maps were designating as Holloway’s Run, and then made a wide circle back over the mountains.

From Little Fuzzy by Piper, H. Beam

In the beginning of your definition I fancied that you were designating your own person, as most people do in describing what is admirable; now I find that you have some other in contemplation.

From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Landor, Walter Savage