Example Sentences

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Gold has gained 7% this week and 13% so far this year, while stock investors have been nursing a tough start to 2026.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026

Kane knew that if he had attempted to try to win the ball, he would have been nursing a sore ankle for some time.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2023

Insurers in the event cancellation sector have been nursing losses since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic two years ago forced sporting events, concerts and conferences across the world to be cancelled.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2022

Many of you, it seems, have been nursing the same sense as me that Karim Benzema has spent his career at Real Madrid not getting quite the credit that he deserves.

From New York Times • Jul. 31, 2020

We have been nursing what is left to him for days, in order that he could lavish it in this interview with you.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 by Various