Example Sentences

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Outside the airport, students wearing orange hi-vis vests were directing traffic.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2024

Baltimore harbor pilots were directing the ship at the time of the crash, as is customary when vessels enter ports or canals, according to a joint statement from the ship’s owner and manager.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2024

Monday as officers were directing traffic after a concert by the jam band let out at the Kodak Center theater complex.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

“If I were directing it alone, it would have been almost impossible, I think,” says Rediger who, after hearing about the project, helped develop and shape its presentation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2023

Then they began to come closer, all together, as if some internal voice were directing them.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie