Example Sentences

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Ms Abubakar later told police that she had been fasting, but denied withholding food and water from Taiwo.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2023

Juve’s injury problems were easing while Maccabi was without several of its Jewish players in the starting lineup as they had been fasting because of Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2022

Bailey added that she had been fasting and praying for days “for something else” but observed that “It was God preparing me for this moment in my life.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 26, 2022

Nabila had been fasting in the hope that God would get her family through the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2021

I had been fasting since I was a little kid when we’d wake up with my parents early in the morning to eat and pray together.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad