Example Sentences

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"As young person climate change will affect my future. I am kicking up a fuss so that we can convince the government to take action on climate change and we aren't backing down anytime soon."

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2021

We have vastly different socio-economic situations, and I really don’t want it to sound like I am saying, “Spend all this money or I am kicking you out.”

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2020

"I am kicking myself for my own stupidity, but not more than my wife is kicking me," Stone later told Jackson.

From Fox News • Feb. 21, 2019

“I am kicking my heels,” said Catherine Opie, a photographer who serves as one of MOCA’s artist board members and was involved in the search.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 31, 2018

So here I am kicking around, but I am not blowing how long I will live.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association