Example Sentences

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Southgate said on Thursday it had been a "good period for English football" and the nation were "regaining our respectability" on the football stage.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2022

But in late October, Americans were regaining some optimism about the pandemic, with a Gallup poll finding that 51 percent said the situation was getting better, up from 20 percent in September.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021

Despite Ross Perot’s third-party shake-up four years earlier, the major political parties were regaining their voter bases.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2016

Harrington had been shy about dunking after missing a two-hand jam last week against Orlando and Coach Randy Wittman had joked that his older players had developed “rubbery” legs as they were regaining their conditioning.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2014

I heard Karamaneh sigh, and, looking at her, I saw that her cheeks were regaining their natural color.

From The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu by Rohmer, Sax