Example Sentences

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This whole time — every sneeze — he had been ignoring me.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025

Apparently, the store has had gender segregation for years, but customers had been ignoring the rule.

From Washington Times • Dec. 21, 2022

And down came the hammer as Alsobrooks announced the enforcement of a long-standing curfew that most of the county had been ignoring for decades.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

I had been ignoring myself for a very long time because I thought that this man knew me better than I did.

From Salon • Sep. 7, 2021

Vega had been messaging me every few minutes, but I had been ignoring him.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore