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Example sentences for: roots

How can you use “roots” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

An article on the roots of violence argues that nearly all violent people have brain damage--often caused by childhood abuse--that makes them incapable of controlling their rage, and reprises liberal ideas about crime's environmental causes.
The organs analyzed included roots, leaves, bolts, siliques, and flowers.
But there is lively debate over Albright's insistence that her Jewish roots are "a major surprise."
In all the following cases, the spelling, (apparent) roots, or sound of the word actively suggest a meaning different from the true one.
The danger is that the voice of lower-income groups will not be heard in a government machinery dominated by big business and mainland elites, but Beijing will calculate that the historically shallow roots of popular political movements in Hong Kong will limit the magnitude of this risk.