Example Sentences

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"Nobody knows what's happening," he said, adding that "displaced people have been sleeping in the open" in the area.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

"Nobody knows what's happening," resident Hassan Jalwan told AFP, adding that "displaced people have been sleeping in the open" in the area.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

“It’s very unfair to the client because these cases have been sleeping for 10 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

And that’s how he found himself alone in the IMS grandstands when he should have been sleeping.

From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024

It is all the result of a good night’s sleep, she thought; since Mother died I must have been sleeping even more poorly than I realized.

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson