Example Sentences

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Every moment he’s at a game or practice, it serves as a positive distraction from thinking about the fight his brother, Matt, the athletic director at St. Francis, has been enduring.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

Strafed by powerful storms and superheated by a dome of hot air, Texas has been enduring a dangerous early heat wave this week that has broken temperature records and strained the state’s independent power grid.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Australia has been enduring extreme weather events that some experts attribute to climate change.

From Reuters • Nov. 22, 2022

The Southwest has been enduring a crippling drought for two decades, forcing unprecedented water shortages and shriveling reservoirs to record lows.

From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2022

Rendered into the leading languages of Europe, it has been read by few without impression, and in the case of vast numbers that impression has been enduring.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various