Example Sentences

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Attendees have been explaining why they decided to take up self-defence.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2021

This time around he has been active on Twitter, retweeting activists from his native Chicago who have been explaining the process.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2018

I think I might have been explaining it then, a few days ago when you were at our studio.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2018

The hubbub has been deeply irritating to light bulb manufacturers and retailers, which have been explaining the law, over and over again, to whomever will listen.

From New York Times • May 26, 2011

He then only pays 6d., at the stakes which we have been explaining, to each of his opponents.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis