Example Sentences

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I had been surfing internet dating sites for some time and was about ready to give up.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

He had been surfing a little on his own, but had opted out of two events on the North Shore to focus on the third: Pipe Masters, which will decide everything.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2019

I had been surfing for nearly three years when my father got the job that took us to Hawaii.

From The New Yorker • May 25, 2015

They said that Naseer was desperate to find a wife and had been surfing dating websites.

From BBC • May 18, 2010

I hadn't been on the North Shore in a few years, so there was a big gap between any other spots I had been surfing.

From Time Magazine Archive