when're
AmericanUsage
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Example Sentences
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“I love that idea of almost a hair shirt of a movie, when’re you just working very hard, all day every day.”
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2014
But when’re you cornin’ to keep me company?
From "Tears of a Tiger" by Sharon M. Draper
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