Example Sentences

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Tanker ships carrying liquefied natural gas from exporters like the United States, Qatar and Australia have been steaming toward China and Brazil, drawn by higher prices.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2021

He brought arts consultant and dealer Alexis Hyde on as museum director, and things have been steaming along ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2016

It has been a long time coming: The $350 million per-copy Raptor has been operational since 2005, and Air Force officials have been steaming ever since as Pentagon officials kept it on the sidelines.

From Time • Sep. 23, 2014

So saying, the President last week sprinkled a generous measure of salty common sense into the bubbling chowder kettle of speeches, letters and rumors that have been steaming up the need for a summit meeting.

From Time Magazine Archive

I must have been steaming up the window, because a stern-looking woman, probably Mrs. Dawkins herself, had shooed me off.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool