Example Sentences

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George Clarke and several of his fellow Strictly Come Dancing stars were scrolling through their social feeds last month when something stopped them in their tracks.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

The error: Facebook was only counting views longer than three seconds in its “average,” and thus completely ignoring the vast majority of people who were scrolling right past them.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

That goes for photo albums, too, recently used in Hereditary: it wouldn’t have been the same if Toni Collette were scrolling through the cloud.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2018

We were scrolling down, noting margins in various battlegrounds, looking for something definitive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2016

Wang sang the words, which were scrolling by, into the iPad, and the Robot’s head swiveled in reaction, emitting a beam that sliced the incoming color blocks when the proper pitch was hit.

From New York Times • Nov. 25, 2011