Example Sentences

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Felicia had been thanking fortune that she'd remembered to stop at the Asquam Market and lay in a few provisions.

From The Happy Venture by Price, Edith Ballinger

Why, all the time she had been thanking God for having allowed her to undertake the difficult task for her father on that particular evening.

From We Two, a novel by Lyall, Edna

And he had been thanking heaven that there was no blur on the mirror of their happiness.

From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

Our forefathers had been thanking the wrong persons for Christmas. 

From Sermons on National Subjects by Kingsley, Charles

Only this morning he had been thanking his lucky stars that he was well rid of women of the world for a month at least.

From Madcap by Gibbs, George