Example Sentences

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For much of the day Saturday, people had been stopping by at Curtis’ home to pay their respects, according to her granddaughter, Erica Dantzler.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

Det Insp Prince said Connie had been stopping at the house since 17 September, as she was visiting Lacey and her family.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2021

He told me he had been stopping a fight.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2019

He had been stopping in the house of a woman named Brown and went to the chief of police with a story that he had been robbed of $8000 in the house.

From Slate • May 20, 2018

For weeks, geese had been stopping by on their migrations.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown