becoming

Example Sentences

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"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent, indifferent to the deaths of thousands of people," the pope said in his address.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Although melting snow supplies much of this water, thawing permafrost is becoming increasingly important.

From Science Daily • Apr. 4, 2026

The prison was closed in 1963 after becoming too costly to run.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

When World War I arrived, Galsworthy—like many humane Europeans of his generation who had believed that mass barbarism was becoming a thing of the past—was shattered.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But he was becoming angrier over how Americans were being treated by the British.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis