Example Sentences

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They can't see and will discard any argument that I'm making as "moral relativism."

From Salon • Aug. 25, 2021

“So he will discard things and people that don’t work out, and those that do work, he will magnify. That’s how he became successful in business and entertainment.”

From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2017

The trouble with such tweets—whether they’re coming from left or right—is that they’re mostly going to make sense to people who will discard them as soon as they spread too far.

From Slate • Jul. 27, 2016

With "Dope," he's said he hopes white film executives will discard comfortable categorizations and accept the possibility that the film could find a broad audience, not just a black one.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2015

In that which I now propose, we will discard the interior points of this tragedy, and concentrate our attention upon its outskirts.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Willis, Nathaniel Parker