Example Sentences

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I was living in Boston and traveling to New York every chance I could slip away, thanks to the $30 round-trip bus tickets I could get my hands on in Chinatown.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

“I was living here when my son was born, when I went through a divorce and got remarried. My best friend even moved in for a year and a half.”

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Annie Evans-Lewis, from Llanybri in Carmarthenshire, was living in East Pingelly, south-east of Perth, with her boyfriend Cai James.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Rollins found another purpose to his art after the September 11, 2001 attacks, when he was living just six blocks from the doomed World Trade Center.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

She was only a few years older than my mom, but she was living a life my mother admired.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad