Example Sentences

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Instead, Kroenke and his son Josh opted for something else entirely: Arteta was a 37-year-old former Arsenal midfielder who had been cutting his teeth as an assistant coach at Manchester City.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Operators had been cutting into the mountain, mining the soil, and then piling garbage to form another mountain of waste, Garganera told local newspaper The Freeman on Friday.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Wong said property developers had been cutting prices aggressively in order to clear inventory.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2023

I had been cutting my own hair for a very long time, and I’m sure that has everything to do with gender dysphoria and of feeling uncomfortable with asking a barber for what I wanted.

From New York Times • Sep. 17, 2021

He had been cutting and dragging timber all day.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong