Example Sentences

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His focus had been overhauling the country’s Soviet-legacy law enforcement system to stamp out corruption and provide better service.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

He had been overhauling a bathroom at the deli across the street, and popped in to see if fresh work loomed.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2010

He remembered it, but only from that hour; and told his loving tyrant, Georgie White, they had been overhauling a merchant ship and looking for one David Dodd.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

It did not take long to find the very articles she was after; evidently Oliphant had been overhauling them on that last excursion from his room.

From Literary Love-Letters and Other Stories by Herrick, Robert

I thought our cargo had shifted a little in the late gale, and I had been overhauling it.

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux