Example Sentences

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A waitress told Hannah the pigeon had been inside the pub but people had been kicking her, so the waitress had to shoo the pigeon out to protect it.

From BBC • May 25, 2024

Bono had been kicking the thought of the title around; he couldn’t let it go.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2021

In 1989, California Institute of Technology geologist Joe Kirschvink took a look at this and other evidence that had been kicking around for a few decades and minted a new hypothesis: snowball Earth.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2021

Ficken had been kicking so well coach Mike Vrabel said the kicker looked like his leg had gotten stronger.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

We had been kicking the idea of college around, Jesse and Eric and I, ever since they’d settled into their jobs.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz