Example Sentences

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A man on deck with a glass had been sighting them.

From A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

While he had been sighting on the second seal-creature, the third had attacked the torpoon from the rear by striking it with all the strength of its heavy, muscular body.

From Under Arctic Ice by Winter, H. G.