Example Sentences

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Lib Dem Chambers said sewage had been flowing into the river "for over 400 hours and counting" at one monitoring site near Headbourne Worthy.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Sanitation and Environment alerted the county health department of the issue, the sewage had been flowing for almost two hours, officials said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2024

Five hundred years ago, Venice diverted rivers that had been flowing into the lagoon.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 29, 2021

“What I tried to do was contrast her character assassination with these very humane, very human emotions that had been flowing from the witness box,” she said.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2018

“That was just one of many. Let me find another ...” Outside the booth, the crowd that had been flowing around us slowed to a stop, bottlenecking somewhere out of sight.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs