def extract_examples(j):
    """extract examples from a word query response json object"""
    lexEn_list = j["results"][0]["lexicalEntries"]
    en_list = [entry for lexEn in lexEn_list for entry in lexEn["entries"]]
    sense_list = [sense for entry in en_list for sense in entry["senses"]]
    examples = []
    for sense in sense_list:
        if "examples" in sense:
            examps = sense["examples"]
            examples.append(examps[0]["text"])
    return examples