Example Sentences

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“If the staff persons had been adhering to Hospital policies and fulfilling their required duties that night, they should have been able to intervene to prevent this horrible tragedy.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2022

Campaigns had been adhering to the draft opinion until the commission weighed in.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2022

Louisiana health officials said Saturday the cruise company had been adhering to appropriate quarantine and isolation protocols as the cases were identified on the vessel.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2021

The town, like all of Canada, had been adhering to government advice to remain at home because of the coronavirus pandemic and most of the victims were inside when the attack began.

From Fox News • Apr. 21, 2020

The flapping of the wings of bats, that had been adhering, in a state of torpor, to the roof, was the only sound that met his ear.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various