Example Sentences

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Baba has been tilling the fields for a quarter century.

From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022

Delaney, who is not neglecting New Hampshire, has been tilling Iowa’s political soil as an announced candidate for more than 475 days and long since exceeded 50 percent name recognition among Democratic Iowans.

From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2018

He has been tilling these fields for decades.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2014

The Warren campaign has been tilling the fields for months.

From New York Times • Nov. 5, 2012

The common ground holding most of these tales together is the Malgudi district, a fictional area of southern India that Narayan has been tilling for the past 50 years.

From Time Magazine Archive