Example sentences for: verbs

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

  • Place names and the like often become verbs when used with an- ize or an - ify suffix: The story was Hollywoodized; The area risks being balkanized; The region was Vaticanized; The decor was Frenchified; The country is becoming Swissified; The immigrant quickly became Americanized; Standard British English is being Cockneyfied .

  • Capital letters are generally used here, except for verbs which have become fairly common.

  • For these reasons, most grammarians would simply classify these verbs as eponyms.

  • Why must people be ironical instead of ironic , or satirical instead of satiric ? The - ate suffix, originally a harmless suffix to denote causative verbs such as substantiate from substance, is particularly pernicious.

  • News and World Report , say, tell the Baltimore Sun that for a guy who's been marinated in money, Dubya seems particularly beset by plural articles and singular verbs.


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