Example Sentences

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But Ghazali had been viewing pro-Hezbollah material before his family was killed, Runyan said.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

“Facebook’s practices don’t bear up to close, informed scrutiny nearly as well as they look from the 30,000ft view, which is how people had been viewing Facebook previously.”

From The Guardian • Mar. 24, 2018

He also told the court that he had been viewing the star-filled sky moments before the incident, as he had a passion for star-gazing.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2017

Because when I first told Mrs. Janssen that I would find Mirjam, I had been viewing her as a discrete puzzle that I could try to solve.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse

No one went for the Doctor, for that worthy had been viewing the fight professionally from the first, and had knelt beside the wounded man at exactly the right moment.

From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John