Example Sentences

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Complete silence fell over Hyde Park as people who had been picnicking and chatting for hours, stood and watched the queen's coffin brought to Westminster Abbey.

From Reuters • Sep. 19, 2022

Representative Chuck Fleischmann, Republican of Tennessee, did not emerge from it looking as though he had been picnicking.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2011