Sentence examples for verb form from inspiring English sources

esplanade (verb form of the noun), to attempt an explanation while drunk.

In all but the present tense, the verb form is led.

In its verb form, to disenchant means "to free from an often false belief".

If you choose the wrong verb form, you are treated as a liar.

As soon as "bread" transitions from noun to verb form it transgresses the space between sandwich and non-sandwich.

Tomorrow they'll knuckle down, "chamomile-tea it through to finals" (chamomile isn't used enough in its verb form).

But the use of a verb form of a brand name is not just an issue of style, but also a legal one.

Dashiell Hammett kept that sinister sense in his 1929 "Maltese Falcon," introducing a verb form: "You could have blipped them both".

With the rise of terrorism, we see a surge in the use of the noun crackdown as well as its verb form, to crack down on.

Judge Sotomayor's usage in verb form is not common, but in context suggests it has the metaphoric meaning of "to become irritated, possibly infuriated".

The vogue began with the verb form among secretaries of state: Henry Kissinger often spoke of seeking "to push back the shadow of nuclear catastrophe".