Example Sentences

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“I am shedding the old life for you,” she wrote.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2011

Maybe I truly am shedding the old Ed Kennedy for this new person who’s full of purpose rather than incompetence.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

“I am risen with Christ, I am dwelling above; I am walking with Jesus below, I am shedding the light of His glory and love Around me wherever I go.”

From Days of Heaven Upon Earth by Simpson, A. B. (Albert B.)