Example Sentences

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About 8,000 miles from the Middle East, where U.S. forces massed over the past month to prepare for war, Heather Griffith has been jotting a string of rising numbers into a notebook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Over the past day, Kaneko has been jotting down Pixite’s priorities for the year.

From The Verge • Mar. 2, 2016

She said she has been jotting down notes to herself pretty much around the clock, even in her early-morning SoulCycle classes, when she’s supposed to be composing inspirational messages.

From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2016

The language so fascinated him that, in his spare time, Headmaster Marples of Wolstanton Grammar School at Newcastle under Lyme has been jotting down campus words and finding out how they came to be.

From Time Magazine Archive