Example Sentences

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Her heart, which had been slamming in her chest the whole ride home, finally slowed.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

With ever-increasing force, the waves of Watergate had been slamming for weeks against the doors of the Oval Office.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the 'Triumph' had been slamming 12-inch shells into them only the previous night, the chances were that the telephone wires were cut.

From On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles by Bridges, T. C. (Thomas Charles)