Example Sentences

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"In September he would have been starting comprehensive school. '’ve got five kids, but I've got four that are living and it's just not right."

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024

For the last decade, Heartbeat Opera has treated the classics like rough drafts: The scores of “Carmen” and “Madama Butterfly,” “Fidelio” and “Der Freischütz” have been starting points for something fresh, urgent and immediate.

From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2024

Several freshmen have been starting, including long-stick midfielder Sebastian Quintana and defenseman Bennett Wolfe.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

Along the way, Watson, a seventh-round pick who wouldn’t have been starting but for a teammate’s injury, slipped the desperate grasp of Herbert, who made a futile attempt of tackling him.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Mariam should have been starting the first grade, he thought, and his spirits sank lower.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai