Example Sentences

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None knew him, save the clear star, which had been beaming for centuries; it knew the course of his earthly life, his trials, his failings; it knew that he was: "but a man!"

From The Ice-Maiden: and Other Tales. by Fuller, Fanny

But there was a shadow now upon a countenance which a moment before had been beaming.

From The Rich Little Poor Boy by Gates, Eleanor

Even as the girl spoke, the sphere, which had been beaming in the centre of the silent square like a mighty white jewel, began to flush with angry red.

From Gulliver of Mars by Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden

Margery's countenance, which before had been beaming with expectation, lost its brightness: her lips became close, and her voice broken.

From The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid by Hardy, Thomas

"When will we have anything to eat from our garden?" asked Mother Blake one day, when the Summer sun had been beaming down on the green things for a week.

From Daddy Takes Us to the Garden The Daddy Series for Little Folks by Garis, Howard Roger