Example Sentences

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He worries about his 7-year-old brother Ezmat, who has been coughing lately when they go out scavenging.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2019

“Baby has been coughing for some days now,” Olanna said loudly.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I know the colt has been coughing lately, but your man Raffle is very sanguine and knows what he is talking about.

From Hard Pressed by White, Fred M. (Fred Merrick)

There is Maria Atkins, she has been coughing all day.”

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

“She has been coughing this morning, and the wind is cold,” she began, when she was interrupted by an angry burst of tears from Philippa.

From Black, White and Gray A Story of Three Homes by Barnes, Robert