Example Sentences

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For years, news outlets had been detailing McCarthy’s falsehoods.

From Washington Post • Aug. 11, 2017

Whilst the Seneschal of Villefranche had been detailing the evil doings of his tenants, Alleyne had been unable to take his eyes from the face of Lady Tiphaine.

From The White Company by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

Aunt Kate had been detailing some of the pleasant neighborhood news.

From The Girls at Mount Morris by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

I shall give, as a specimen, one of his summaries of what the Parliamentary Journals had been detailing during the week.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

Whilst the Puritan seaman had been detailing his reminiscence, his eyes had kept wandering from the clouds to the flapping sails and back.

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir