Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Young San Antonio had been treating this series like a summer internship: make mistakes, get a few contacts, come back stronger down the road.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

The most significant part of the meeting, noted Dario Perkins of TS Lombard, was Powell’s lukewarm support for the look-through approach, a hawkish turn from how the committee had been treating tariffs.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

MSF said it had been treating an average of 200 people daily since the refugees started arriving in Burundi in the last two weeks.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Over the years before it defaulted on its debt, Evergrande had been treating money it received for apartments as revenue even though at times it had not built those apartments, the Times reported.

From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2024

I told him how I felt about school now, and how everybody had been treating me weird—James Skinner, and even some of the teachers.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds