Example Sentences

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But I remembered the people who have been thanking me for not leaving Russia.

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2023

“Oh, my God, we have been thanking Betty for years,” I remember one editor snapping after Friedan had said something about the movement’s ingratitude in the press.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2020

And Native Americans have been thanking the bounteous creator for centuries.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

He said some Democrats in his district have been thanking him for his open-mindedness.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2019

And all these years we have been thanking God for the gentle rain that falls from heaven.

From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress