Example Sentences

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Simon Griffiths has been running the Outdoor Swimmer Magazine for the past decade and said it had been interesting to see how the sport has changed in that time.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

Hillary said that it had been interesting but draining.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 26, 2019

Plenty of subjects had been interesting in school, but it was literature that had captured not just my mind but also my emotions.

From MSNBC • Apr. 15, 2019

Earlier in the game, the matchup between John Wall and Prigioni had been interesting to watch, if only as a study of contrasting character profiles.

From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2013

But Susan was chatty as they were driven home; she asked if his conversation with the woman had been interesting and hoped he had learned something that would be useful for his book.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie