Example Sentences

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One mother said she was initially shocked but the school's "phenomenal" response had been reassuring.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2023

Last week, Yoel Roth, the company’s head of moderation and safety who had been reassuring users and advertisers about Twitter’s policies, resigned.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2022

Thorp and Baddour had been publicly supportive of Davis for the past year, so much so that Davis said Monday at the ACC's preseason media days that it had been "reassuring" to have their backing.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2011

Even the mood at his first post-match press conference had been reassuring.

From The Guardian • Jul. 23, 2011

If the other storytellers had been reassuring one another with science, then my mother would have flown stories as factual as bats into the listening night.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston