Example Sentences

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The council had been renewing the authorization for regional organizations and countries to fight against piracy and armed robbery off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation for 12 months.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 3, 2021

Cardinal Polignac formed the design of refuting the arguments of the sceptics which Bayle had been renewing in his dictionary; but his public occupations hindered him.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac

He had been renewing his acquaintance with Nesta about as volubly as time allowed.

From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Mitford, Bertram

The minister's wife had been taking note of the fact that Miss Herbert and one of the young MacDonald men had been renewing their acquaintance in a rather headlong fashion.

From The Silver Maple by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

For some seconds past Mignon had been renewing his jokes and smothering Fauchery with caresses.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile