Example Sentences

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“I am buying a lot of spinach,” she said, laughing.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Typically, if I am buying meat or fish at the store, I'll try to stretch it across at least two meals.

From Salon • May 27, 2023

"I am buying food, waiting to fill my stomach so that I will have the strength to wait and endure to the end, till they announce the result," said trader Chinyere Obeta.

From Reuters • Feb. 28, 2023

"I am buying all the things for my daughter's birthday" says Rachel Teller in New York, who is buying now in anticipation of a shortage in goods like toys, and subsequent price rises.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2021

“I am here already. I am hungry, finally. You will not eat with me? I am buying the food tonight.”

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee