Example Sentences

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Boone mentioned that he had been applying to be a substitute teacher to help pay the bills, but the process was moving slowly.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

We had been applying for Medicaid long-term care to receive a home health aide since early November 2021.

From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023

For months now, his brother, his brother’s wife and their six children had been applying for evacuation.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2021

Ms Keenan said her team of 15 staff had been taking details and photos of the "hundreds" of people who had been applying to be paid extras.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2019

Steve did look, to see that the boy’s red hair was streaky, gummy, and shining, as he had been applying the grease wholesale—that is, with more liberality than care.

From Steve Young by Fenn, George Manville