Example Sentences

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Marks told Barron’s in 2021 that he owns a Danish-built sloop named Linnea that he had been fixing up for years, and sailed it in the Chesapeake Bay.

From Barron's • Oct. 7, 2025

He pointed out the charred cars he had been fixing up to sell.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

O’Brien, an art teacher for the local school, had been fixing up her parents’ home with hopes of turning it into a vacation rental.

From Washington Times • Jun. 19, 2022

Then Brostoff met Isser, who had been fixing up friends informally, using a spreadsheet, and the two teamed up to create a dating paradise for lefties.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 7, 2019

They passed the side of the house, and the garage, above which Mr. Hardy had been fixing up a spare room.

From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon