being
Example Sentences
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“I think a lot of it is coming out and being the aggressors first, trying not to be reactive to situations, and we can do that starting with our defense,” Leger-Walker said.
From Los Angeles Times
Meanwhile, Tara, a woman in her 20s in Tehran, says her close family members initially criticised her for being opposed to the war.
From BBC
The other stuff is just being me, which is the purpose of being an artist.
From Los Angeles Times
Others included up to 30 campfires being set in one night at Glenmore near Aviemore that had to be extinguished by firefighters.
From BBC
"If much younger people are being affected, why is the threshold so high for us to be diagnosed and diagnosed at an early stage? It just is unfathomable to me."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.