Example Sentences

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It’s interesting because this idea didn’t seem to come from Bannon himself, but from Daniel Schultz, who’s from Arizona and had been beating this drum of low level positions for a little while.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2021

I was 31 and had been beating a lot of tour-level players in money games for years, but still I doubted myself.

From Golf Digest • Aug. 27, 2019

Less than an hour earlier, he had been beating himself up for a disastrous finish, angry that he was in a playoff instead of celebrating a win.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2017

When P-47 finally bounded out of the cage and disappeared, I noticed that for a long time my heart had been beating with an unaccustomed, satisfying fear.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 5, 2017

And her own heart, which had been beating much too quickly, slowed inside her chest.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo