Example Sentences

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I am becoming shocked by what I’m seeing here, and as a registered pundit my response to shock tends toward counter-rudeness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

It's either that or I am becoming really stupid, so take your pick.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2024

Mr. Kerry asserted, “I am becoming more and more militant about this because we are not getting where we need to be.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 26, 2023

The process of deification had become so routine among later emperors that when the emperor Vespasian was dying, he is reported to have said, “Alas! I think I am becoming a god!”

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

But I see I am becoming unduly introspective, and in a rather morose sort of way at that.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro