Example Sentences

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McCrory’s statement seemed designed to calm waters that his fellow-Republicans had been churning.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 13, 2016

With that came the collapse of a building industry that had been churning out so many new homes it created a shortage of cranes for construction in other parts of the US.

From The Guardian • Feb. 20, 2016

The foundation turned out to be the creation of one public relations man, Charles Richman, who had been churning out the list, to occasional hoopla, for several decades.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2015

And indeed, Speedi had been churning out maps and other data hourly since the first hours after the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami.

From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2011

The search-light played upon an expanse of agitated water where, five seconds before, a German torpedo-craft had been churning on her way.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)