Example Sentences

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British Airways Flight 149 touched down at Kuwait International Airport in the early hours of August 2 1990 as Iraqi armed forces were invading.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2023

On Feb. 24, the day the invasion began, Mr. Filatiev writes that he and other soldiers were shocked to learn they were invading Ukraine.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

The Russians were invading his country, and he was worried about something close to his heart.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022

I never wanted to feel like we were invading anything, just that we were kind of adding to the multiplicity of a beautiful thing.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2021

How the curls on her left side were invading his personal space, and how he didn’t mind, not one bit.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon