Example Sentences

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“The Griffin Poetry Prize has been acknowledging and encouraging poets for 22 years,” Atwood, a founding Griffin trustee, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

He has been acknowledging the fans during his practice rounds.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2010

Mrs Rowland, alarmed and shaken by her misery, has been acknowledging the whole series of falsehoods by which she persuaded, convinced her brother that you did not love him—that you were, in fact, attached elsewhere.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet