Example Sentences

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As he had done often on the campaign trail, the president had been winging it.

From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2018

Oh, what thoughts—what thoughts of mother and home, and the brave old days of boyhood and the Point, had been winging through his brain during the long hours of the day!

From To The Front A Sequel to Cadet Days by King, Charles

All this time the ammunition tenders of the aërial fleet had been winging their way to and fro across the Strait constantly renewing the shells of the war-balloons.

From The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror by Griffith, George Chetwynd