Example Sentences

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I was not aware we had been blaming millennials for the housing crisis, nor have I voted against any new housing.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2022

Her mother had been blaming karma for her father’s death; weakened by his recent heart operations, Vicha often joked that life was getting too painful to bear.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2021

I had been blaming them because I expected more of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 15, 2015

The parents had been blaming themselves ever since, and were concerned about grandkids.

From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2012

All along I had been blaming Trotter, but the more I thought about it, the more I had to admit that it really was my fault, too, for going along with him.

From "Doing Time Online" by Jan Siebold