- present participle of be.
being
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It also revealed that I’ve been fibbing to myself: Much as I consider myself enlightened, being unmanly in an era that worships machismo does bug me a little.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
How Pakistan will rue being dismissed for 133 on the first day.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
“It’s such an honor, and I’m trying to do right by them, being a vocal guy and trying to lead them in the right way.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
She knew kids risked being sent home when classes resumed in late August — a scenario that would disrupt not just their learning but create a logistical nightmare for working families.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
So much for him being shy and Look Away being real.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
One or two looked visibly relieved when I suggested that the future might still require human beings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“Retirement — it’s not the right word anymore. Purpose is the right word. Human beings need a reason to wake up and get out of bed every morning,” Samuel said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Another lawyer, Emmanuel Daoud, expressed hope that the three-week trial would be an opportunity to see would-be migrants not as "statistics or commodities, but human beings in search of a better life."
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
There’s nothing more riveting on stage than the truth, and here we have human beings in all their flagrant, unadorned and seemingly irreconcilable complications.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“And on Halloween, human beings actually hollow out pumpkins and throw away all the yummy inside bits?”
From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins
