Example Sentences

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Across the room, Mia, who had been wiping the countertops, froze.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The bartender left a towel stuffed in the glass he had been wiping.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

There were purple shadows under her brown eyes and he noticed a small sponge in her hand: She had been wiping his face.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

"He'll get it," said Tom, who had been wiping the engine.

From Tom Slade at Temple Camp by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

With this hand I had been wiping my brow, for it was intensely hot.

From An Original Belle by Roe, Edward Payson