Example Sentences

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And though it was impossible to prove, he suspected the lightning flash of the fangs had been killing him at a glacial pace for decades.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

Mario Garcia and son-in-law Nivardo De La Torre had been killing time while waiting for their wives, police say.

From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023

In the 1990s, he helped create an inexpensive vaccine targeting the bacteria known as haemophilus influenzae type b, or Hib, which had been killing children under 5.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022

It was being quiet that was killing me, the way it had been killing all the women that reached out to me.

From Salon • Aug. 22, 2019

On Monday, he called Peter Jahrling at the Institute to find out if Jahrling had any further news about what had been killing the monkeys at Reston.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston