Example Sentences

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Police were raiding the daycare centre, his friend said, go pick up your children right now.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

In the end, the Vikings became increasingly knowledgeable about the places they were raiding, in some cases actually working as mercenaries for kings who hired them to defend against other Vikings.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

At the same time in another part of Dhaka, commandos were raiding the home of the suspected casino organizer, Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, an influential member of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2019

Jasmyne Cannick was speaking at a Democratic club meeting Tuesday night when her phone buzzed with a text: The police were raiding Ed Buck’s West Hollywood apartment.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2019

Frightful was dozing with her face in the sun, and the tree sparrows were raiding the hemlock cones.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George