Example Sentences

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"I am fleeing the war and all of a sudden I am on the street," says the woman, 45 who fled Bucha, north of Kyiv.

From BBC • May 27, 2022

She added: "All of a sudden I am fleeing the war and all of a sudden I am on the street."

From BBC • May 24, 2022

"I am fleeing the war and all of a sudden I am on the street," she said.

From BBC • May 24, 2022

In one recent post, titled “Put in my notice, I am fleeing public accounting baby!!,” commenters congratulate the poster on their escape.

From The Verge • Jan. 31, 2022

“Let me help you dig,” said Ta-vwots', that we may hide together, for I also am fleeing from the great destroyer.

From Sketch of the Mythology of the North American Indians First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 17-56 by Powell, John Wesley