Example Sentences

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The main inputs that influence affordability had been heading in the right direction until recently.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The Camarillo resident said he had been heading for the beach, “but I got caught up in all the traffic and I thought, ‘You know what?

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

I called at the café I had been heading for that day and enjoyed the breakfast I had been denied the year before.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 2024

The van had been heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals worked at Pakistan Suzuki Motors, local police chief Arshad Awan said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2024

As soon as they were all aboard, the animal started walking, pulling the wagon up the road in the same direction we had been heading.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall