Example Sentences

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“I had been kissing my boyfriend on the front porch and she said: ‘You know, they only marry the nice ones.’

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2020

He claimed he and his wife had been "kissing and cuddling" when they became aware of a young man watching them.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2017

She had been kissing her boyfriend, Brian James Lucas, in a car.

From BBC • Sep. 15, 2014

Watts, who has also appeared in Showtime’s Weeds and FX sitcom Partners, had been kissing her partner, Brian James Lucas, when two officers approached them and asked for identification.

From Time • Sep. 14, 2014

Sarai gathered, from the tenor of the debate, that she had been kissing the ghosts.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor