Example Sentences

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Mr. Biden might have been recalling a time years later, when he went to Afghanistan to pin a Bronze Star on an Army soldier.

From New York Times • Oct. 10, 2022

He and his classmates Gaynor Adwick and Gerald Kirwan, who were also eight at the time of the disaster, have been recalling the events of that day for BBC podcast Aberfan: Tip Number Seven.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2021

Residents and visitors in Hawaii have been recalling the shock of a false missile alarm, with many saying they thought they were going to die.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2018

I have been recalling my thoughts on the question whether the Glacial period affected the whole world contemporaneously, or only one longitudinal belt after another.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

I have been recalling, this morning, some painful memories.

From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank