Example Sentences

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I had been spinning my wheels and not feeling or seeing improvement in my life.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2022

As of February, Iran already had been spinning a cascade of IR-6s at its underground facility at Fordo, according to the IAEA.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2022

There were signs, police said, that in the last few weeks of his life, Houser was trying to get a grip on an existence that had been spinning out of control.

From Washington Post • Jul. 25, 2015

It had been spinning in the rumour mill for weeks.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2013

They had been spinning themselves into a frothing, famished frenzy, like bloodthirsty piranhas, in front of our house all morning.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall