Example Sentences

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By the time we are a few days from Election Day, I am checking them about 10 times a day.

From Salon • Oct. 8, 2022

“I am checking every day, and right now, things are normal and safe,” he said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 29, 2021

“I am checking on him now,” he replied.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2021

Followed immediately by defiance: Well, if this is going to be my end, then I am checking out on a blissful pound of fresh crab meat and leaving my utility bills unpaid!

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2020

“I am checking on some land investments,” he said.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech