Example Sentences

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At the same time, her son is aware that I am adopting his little brother and I don’t want him to feel left out of the family.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2017

“To deal with the subject, I am adopting and transforming some of the gopnik rituals and habits, placing myself in contexts that repulse me.”

From The Guardian • May 28, 2014

In this I am adopting his own values, almost his own phrases.

From The Belfry by Sinclair, May

The regimen I am adopting is precisely that in vogue on the Ark, only I didn’t have the help I have now, and things got into very bad shape.

From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick

Three quarters of this sickness is due to inaction—and now the Dardanelles Committee "quite understand" I am "adopting only a purely defensive action at present."

From Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Hamilton, Ian, Sir