Example Sentences

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She added that she had been commenting on “ownership,” Black enterprise and entrepreneurship and that her critics who focused on monetary matters “made up” the rest.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Everyone else had been commenting with condolences and supportive stuff.

From Slate • Apr. 21, 2022

A man who said he had "been commenting consistently on news feeds and Facebook" was also excused.

From Fox News • Nov. 1, 2021

She also specified that she had been commenting in a personal capacity and not on behalf of the news agency.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2011

There was an exquisite bust of Clytie which attracted much attention; they had been commenting on it, and Lady Lanswell was saying how much she would like a copy of it.

From A Mad Love by Brame, Charlotte M.