Example Sentences

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The Mets began August in first place and ended it in third place, out of the playoff picture and apologetic that some of their stars had been flashing thumbs-down gestures to their own fans.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021

In Mexico City they remembered that when word of his death came, lightning had been flashing in the darkened sky.

From Time Magazine Archive

The warning signals had been flashing for weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lightning had been flashing through the hot city for hours, brighter & brighter, and about the time they got the young man to Sydenham Hospital the thunder crashed and the rain came down.

From Time Magazine Archive

A moment before her dark eyes had been flashing with anger at Aunt Isabel's words; now the anger was drowned in a sudden rush of tears.

From Further Chronicles of Avonlea by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)