Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Meanwhile, younger farmers have been choosing to produce different types of rice that are used for sake, rice crackers or fed to livestock because demand for rice in Japan had been falling until last year.

From BBC • May 21, 2025

Many young Chinese have been choosing to "lie flat," a term used to describe people who have rejected the corporate rat race by adopting a minimalist lifestyle and doing just enough to get by.

From Reuters • Jan. 18, 2023

Americans have been choosing cremation more often than traditional burials.

From New York Times • May 6, 2022

Separately, advocacy groups also have been choosing up to 250 asylum-seekers a day in other locations, not including San Diego.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2021

They are going to give me some plants for the garden, and we have been choosing them.

From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald