Example Sentences

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An unnamed professor who was teaching at Kunar University told the BBC he had heard terrifying explosions across the university campus.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Kennedy’s voice had changed when he was teaching at law school in his 40s.

From Slate • Apr. 18, 2026

I briefly joined a book club of some work colleagues when I was teaching in rural Illinois, and it was fun, but most of our time was spent gossiping about, well, work.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Before receiving Schizas’s note, Satzewich had no idea that he was teaching an Olympian.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Hurrying in, I saw they’d pushed all the parlor furniture back against the walls, Miss Love had put on a new dance record, and by golly she was teaching Grandpa the turkey trot!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns