Example Sentences

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Sullivan said the administration is in daily communication with Taliban officials but declined to say what their private message had been regarding the possibility of a prolonged U.S. presence, however short.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2021

I had been regarding the field, the tractor—the valley—and the planting and garden, all as things of mine, to do or to worry about.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Ramûa, who had been regarding the man in mute amazement, now turned quickly round and looked to Bazuzu for some explanation of this astonishing request.

From Istar of Babylon A Phantasy by Potter, Margaret Horton

"Young woman," said an experienced Dunwich mariner who had been regarding Elizabeth with much interest, "which boat are you going in."

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

Miss Clegg, who had been regarding her friend's slowness to take action with ill-concealed impatience, now made no attempt at concealing anything, but leaned over abruptly and picked up the letter.

From Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Warner, Anne