Example Sentences

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“Whether I am killing the play or whether I’m keeping it, we just have to have a faster pace of play there.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2023

“Alison” … It’s “I know the world is killing you,” not “I am killing you.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2017

So this morning, I am killing time by working up this scenario that is half torts exam and half Greek tragedy, wherein an NBC intern is racing across the plaza at 10:05 a.m.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2015

If I am killing it on a Scandal script for work, I am probably missing bath and story time at home.

From Time • Jun. 9, 2014

"Gentlemen," said Lincoln, "I am killing larger game; if Douglas answers, he can never be President, and the battle of 1860 is worth a hundred of this."

From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron