Example Sentences

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One cake shed community online said it was getting up to 400 new members on Facebook a week.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

"My daughter was getting married, I told myself I could make a little bit extra," she added.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

According to Marcia, George was convinced he’d be laughed out of Hollywood because in the original script characters were running around and shooting at one another and nobody was getting hurt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

When Primary was getting started a dozen years ago, New York was a small startup market, Sun said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

I couldn’t hear anything informative, but I was getting tired enough to sleep right here where I’d dropped.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck