Example Sentences

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More importantly, it was completely different from the traditional cover letters I had been writing.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

Taylor Swift had been writing and releasing albums for six years before she landed her first No. 1 on the Hot 100 chart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

But a man who traveled to the location said on X that he interviewed homeless people in the area who claimed that a homeless man had been writing the messages for years.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

Up to that point, Mr. Carr had been writing, with modest success, on military matters.

From New York Times • May 24, 2024

I was furious when I found out that Gay and my mother had been writing letters behind my back.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter