Example Sentences

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I told her that wasn’t me; it was the people who had been committing identity theft against me.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

During the state trial, defense attorneys argued the men had legal authority to chase Arbery because they reasonably suspected he had been committing crimes in their neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 31, 2022

Defense attorneys during the trial contended the men pursued Arbery because they reasonably believed he had been committing burglaries in the neighborhood.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 8, 2022

Even without the Lockheed contract, however, Rolls was heading for trouble; for years it had been committing itself to too many costly development projects simultaneously.

From Time Magazine Archive

The real sin I had been committing was not that of inching toward the center of a platoon because I was cold.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom