Example Sentences

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The rate of inflation had been cooling heading into 2024, but progress has seemingly stalled.

From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024

Really, Lux had been cooling off for weeks, following his auspicious start to the season.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2022

For two weeks the Congo's pro-Western President Joseph Kasavubu had been cooling his heels in a Manhattan hotel room, waiting for the U.N.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bulgaria suddenly decided to admit seven U.S. reporters who had been cooling their heels outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

She had been cooling Ambuya's skin so often during the hot days, she hardly noticed what she was doing.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer