Example Sentences

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The Chukchi had been determining their lives for centuries, and their reindeer helped them do so.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 15, 2019

OPA Inspector William Bennett, arrested for speeding, said he had been determining whether the law was being enforced, promptly learned that it was, paid a $15 fine.

From Time Magazine Archive

While she had been determining to submit, to be good, they, her father and stepmother, were discussing her, wishing to be rid of her, owning her a burden.

From Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life by Austin, Caroline

During all the wet, and feverish, and sleepless night he had been determining what to do, and the event of this morning confirmed him still further.

From Julian Home by Farrar, F. W. (Frederic William)