Example Sentences

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While Charles had spent years getting closer to nature, and getting mocked for it, Andrew had been getting closer to Epstein and his cronies.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

Blevins, the wife of the Camp Lejeune Marine corporal, had been getting food from pantries periodically over the past few years to offset rising grocery costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

And they didn’t say people who were ineligible to receive benefits had been getting them.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 5, 2025

But things had been getting a little tense, even in nice little Pella.

From Slate • Oct. 22, 2025

But more than just increasing in numbers, Mr. Muhammad’s version of Islam now had been getting in some other types of black people.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey