be born
Example Sentences
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So Florence Balogun returned to Brooklyn, where she had been visiting relatives, and waited for her second son to be born.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026
I did not ask to be born with the aesthetic preferences of a 12-year-old on 4chan, and yet, here we are.
From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026
In 2008, Gov. Eliot Spitzer thought he had a deal with James Dolan, the cable television scion whose family controls Madison Square Garden, to relocate the arena so a new Penn could be born.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026
Didion’s family eventually settled in Sacramento, where several generations would tend to their roots and Didion would eventually be born.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
The child to be born at Randalls must be a tie there even dearer than herself; and Mrs. Weston’s heart and time would be occupied by it.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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