Example Sentences

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It’s a long book, and if true to the Eliot mold it will be engrossing, sympathetic and wise, and will offer the comfort of a world in which the center is presumed to hold.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2020

Thiem’s battle with Zverev on Friday will be engrossing, a pointer to the future, with no clear favourite – and still it will not hold the history of Federer versus Djokovic.

From The Guardian • Jan. 29, 2020