Example Sentences

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There was some good news when winds that had been fanning the flames eased, helping firefighters to bring some of the blazes under control.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2017

Businessmen began to worry that immigrant labor might dry up, and the press, which only a few months before had been fanning the hysteria, ran sober stories about the importance of immigrants to the nation.

From Time Magazine Archive

His voice cracked, but before he could pour out any words, Big Ma, who had been fanning herself before the open window, called out, “Your Pa is keeping company with a woman in Brownsville.”

From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia

Frankie set aside the menu he had been fanning himself with.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The other was the man who had been fanning the kebab skewers.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini