Example Sentences

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The sport didn’t take kindly to interlopers with no playing experience of their own bringing mathematics into a game that had been moving along just fine ever since the National League was founded in 1876.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

He had been moving in that direction even before he took office.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2025

Minister for children and young people Natalie Don-Innes said the government had been moving "at pace" to implement the new law.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

Since retiring from the Air Force in 2008, he had been moving fast — first creating and selling a residential real estate app, then managing commercial properties — and he was ready to get out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024

He met a man who said he had been moving furniture in his house just after the storm hit.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers