Example Sentences

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So if you grow up in a family where you are punished for expressing your anger, you will construct a persona who never gets angry.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2025

The agency will construct a timeline of events leading up to the crash.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2024

The US has said it will construct a temporary harbour to ship aid directly into Gaza, but US officials have said it will take weeks to make.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

In Belvidere, Illinois, according to the union, Stellantis will construct an EV battery factory that would create 1,300 jobs.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 4, 2023

The third—that coming generation in which woman will count for so much, where for the first time she will construct and order—where will it go?

From The Salamander by Johnson, Owen