Example Sentences

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With Armagh set to make their first appearance at All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final since 2003, GAA fans have been painting the county orange and white.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024

“I’m not the person the folks have been painting me to be,” said de León, who previously has apologized.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2022

Students returning to classes at Santa Barbara City College over the past few weeks have been painting a mural on campus celebrating diversity.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2022

Since February, the members of the Crosswalk Collective have been painting crosswalks at intersections in residential neighborhoods around Los Angeles.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2022

You see, while you have been painting the woods, I have been gathering flowers.

From The Romance of a Poor Young Man A Drama Adapted from the French of Octave Feuillet by Edwards, Pierrepont