Example Sentences

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“The entire Department serves at the direction of the President and will execute his military objectives without fail,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said, “The entire Department serves at the direction of the President and will execute his military objectives without fail.”

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

"We will execute these projects at a pace that the country has never seen".

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

"There is a feeling we are going to score, so we just need to find ways of being there more and then we will execute more."

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2025

Similarly, the allegedly unsplittable verb will execute is not a verb at all but two verbs, the auxiliary verb will and the main verb execute.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker