Example Sentences

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Lime said vandals had been peeling the stickers off.

From BBC • Oct. 1, 2021

In the riverside town of Corning, many homes looked empty, with paint that had been peeling for years, maybe decades, warped wooden porches and roofs with shingles flaking off.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 30, 2020

For about a year, the skin on my hands had been peeling, monthly.

From The Guardian • Dec. 15, 2015

Suddenly, she threw the potato she had been peeling into the fire.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

It came out one day that she had been peeling potatoes for their dinner!

From The Whirlpool by Gissing, George