Example Sentences

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Raichik also learned that a reporter from the Washington Post had been knocking on her family members' doors and asking about her identity.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2023

For months, Vargas had been knocking on the door of a big league call-up.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2022

Perfect Sting had been knocking on the door all year, finishing second in major races like the North America Cup and the Little Brown Jug.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 30, 2021

Bambi Snodgrass, 58, had been knocking on doors since May.

From Washington Post • Nov. 7, 2018

Grant pulled on a robe and went sleepily to the office door, so that the person who had been knocking on the living room door would go to the office to talk to him.

From Four and Twenty Beds by Vogel, Nancy