Example Sentences

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We were pacing at levels 15 times our most aggressive yearly projections.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

When Mitchell’s team visited, some inmates were asleep and others were pacing back and forth in their cells.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2022

One New Yorker who witnessed the scene at Manhattan's 157th Street Station told Gothamist that "people were pacing back and forth deliberating whether they were going to brave the waters or not."

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2021

Members of the leader’s team were pacing conference floor before the meeting in an extraordinary effort to drum up loyalty.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2019

One evening while dragging myself home after a day of excruciating hunger, I stumbled across a group of boys my age who were pacing briskly and excitedly in front of the compound.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane