Example Sentences

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He seems energised when he is shaking hands and talking to the public, sometimes appearing to enjoy that more than meeting the long lines of civic worthies on official visits.

From BBC • Sep. 7, 2023

The answer, my worthies, is that it is nowhere to be found in the Constitution.

From Salon • May 14, 2022

Other worthies such as Adam and the Ants and James Ingram were shut down in this category.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2022

Their work gradually added members to the Hall, culminating in a second committee to add a batch of worthies in 2006.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2020

Around about him everywhere lay the dead worthies of Boston.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes