Example Sentences

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“We have been correcting a problem that was inherited from the previous administration, and that was brought to our attention by the auditor,” said Cindy Rives, chief financial officer for the health department.

From Washington Times • Aug. 1, 2018

The whole thing has made me feel oddly uncomfortable with myself, and I wonder whether I should have been correcting my friends when they called me gay.

From Slate • Feb. 15, 2018

"You are men who for twelve years have been correcting my errors and guiding my footsteps," said he.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yesterday, however, and to-day, I began, from necessity, to prune verses, and have been correcting proofs of my little attempt at a poem on Waterloo.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)