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Example sentences for: begins

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The female begins with the bigger ante--an egg that is far bigger than a sperm--and usually commits herself to even more, such as yolk; or, in mammals, blood and milk.
The Chics-Chocs Mountains of the interior, the highest in eastern Canada, are the northern “terminal” of the Appalachian Range that begins down in Alabama.
A review of his book in Onoma (23, 1, 1979, pp. 96-113) begins: “a disappointment, [which] can be recommended neither for the specialist nor for the novice.
Tell begins with shots of the "Old Dole" filmed in the "attack colors" of black and white.
Although public attention usually focuses on the dates by which the trust funds are projected to become insolvent, the effects associated with financing cash deficits for these programs will be felt sooner as the baby boom generation begins to retire.