dispensed

Example Sentences

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Jack dispensed with the card entirely and scrounged up only $2 from his room, which he handed to Finn with an unceremonious “here.”

From The Wall Street Journal

The promise of “New Year, New You,” meanwhile, is no longer dispensed annually but instead refreshed daily.

From Salon

It was a memorable moment before he dispensed an important piece of advice.

From Los Angeles Times

The “coffee-machine story” was a recounting of the finicky 1970s coin-operated coffee machine in his office that often malfunctioned and dispensed its entire contents from one coin.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Journal’s analysis counted as excess only dispensed prescription drugs that exceeded a month’s supply over up to three years’ worth of prescriptions.

From The Wall Street Journal