Example Sentences

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“I realized it had been reading my scripts,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

She had been reading studies and articles that showed psychedelic patients revealing truths they wanted to keep under wraps.

From Slate • Feb. 10, 2024

But then I noticed his eyes — wide with fear — were fixed on my computer screen, which displayed an investigative report on an airplane crash I had been reading.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024

She said that Ms. Griner had been reading a translation of Dostoyevsky’s novel “Demons,” a political tragedy considered one of the author’s most important works.

From New York Times • Oct. 12, 2022

I ripped out the page Uncle had been reading and shoved it in my pocket.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler