Example Sentences

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But internal tensions had been bubbling for weeks before exploding into the open on Wednesday night.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024

The 21-year-old pop singer and “American Idol” dropout had been bubbling on TikTok for a few years.

From Seattle Times • May 4, 2024

The incident in late February was the culmination of a conflict that had been bubbling for months between the turkeys and delivery drivers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2022

This public fracas had been bubbling under the band's cheery surface for years.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2020

He could ask her all the questions that had been bubbling up in his mind like shaken soda.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young