Example Sentences

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He said his parents also told him their child had been unwell the night before he was brought to hospital and had been displaying abnormal movements including shaking and stiffening of his limbs.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2024

The high command wanted to get rid of Blagoje Neskovic, a Politburocrat and a Vice Premier, because he had been displaying pro-Cominform sympathies; the delegates sacked Neskovic.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Cap'n sighed with the resigned air that he had been displaying during the week past.

From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman

Slosson, in a long, coarse disquisition upon ranching, had been displaying his most perfect ignorance and conceit.

From The Son of his Father by Cullum, Ridgwell

He had been displaying the wonders to Sophia, and he could not escape the cicerone's secret feeling: that he himself was somehow responsible for the wonders.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold