be born in
Example Sentences
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“I consider myself a small town person who happened to be born in the big city,” Park says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
The decision left the children he’d paid for to be born in legal limbo.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
"I am thankful to be born in their majesties' era," said Thanachote.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Babies will be born in dangerous conditions when complicated births require medical attention but families avoid it due to fear; this will lead to preventable infant and maternal mortality.
From Slate • Feb. 6, 2025
Ashima thinks it’s strange that her child will be born in a place most people enter either to suffer or to die.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
