Example Sentences

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And, it was through the rewriting that Mr. Jenkins realized he had been fooling himself.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2017

That afternoon, in Egypt, she’d put her books down on the edge of the temple floor and Ken had been fooling around and knocked them off.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Suddenly, I knew that Mama and I had been fooling ourselves.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson

And always they had been fooling themselves, and they knew it.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

He had respectfully thanked the principal and the head teacher who had been fooling him.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro