Example Sentences

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At the height of the pandemic, several food establishments and residents had been donating meals to hospitals and other first responders, which provided an opportunity for the fake calls to go through without suspicion.

From Fox News • Aug. 27, 2020

I had been donating all of my efforts and money to St. Jude’s, which is an incredible organization.

From Golf Digest • Dec. 6, 2019

Mylavarapu had been donating extensively to Democrats after her husband sold his startup Nest Labs to Google in 2014.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2017

Pura Vida had been donating $1 for every $5 Amazon Watch bracelet sold.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2015

An additional reason for discontinuance was that Miss Gordon, who had been donating all of her time to the work, was obliged to give attention to her own business affairs.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V by Harper, Ida Husted