Example Sentences

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Brown had said unmoved once, seeing the Yankee, who had been swearing under his breath, prepare to go down.

From Lord Jim by Conrad, Joseph

The fearful coming of the engine could break up the most intricate muddle of heavy vehicles at which the police had been swearing for the half of an hour.

From Maggie, a Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen

"Perhaps," suggested Miss Greene, "he had been swearing and had finished."

From Mrs. Korner Sins Her Mercies by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)

Some one started the phonograph, and Michaelis, who had been swearing all day that he would never be able to walk again, actually began to dance.

From Quin by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

I have heard him myself say to the King—‘Hold thy peace, lad!’ and the King took it as sweetly as if he had been swearing of allegiance.”

From In Convent Walls The Story of the Despensers by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)