Example Sentences

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The “Bottoms” actor, who got her start in stand-up, said she had been meaning to leave the show for quite some time.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024

The 30-year-old said she had been meaning to do so for a while.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2022

There was something I had been meaning to say to him.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2021

And why not add places we had been meaning to explore to the list?

From Washington Post • May 20, 2021

She had been meaning to read it for a while now, and imagined she would like it since Blaine did not.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie