Example Sentences

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Swalwell’s campaign had been gathering momentum over the last month.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The business-climate index dropped to its lowest level since February last year, as the Iran war swept away a nascent recovery in sentiment that had been gathering pace since the start of this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Demonstrators had been gathering outside the terminal in Santarem, in northern Brazil's Para state, for a month before taking over company offices this weekend.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

While that had been on show for several years at Manchester's People's History Museum, most of the other items had been "gathering dust".

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

Once he had been gathering weeds which his father had cut at the edge of a lawn.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong