carrying on
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"It's really important because even if people are working and carrying on with daily life, I know everyone is still traumatised," said the 40-year-old woman.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
She is carrying on the legacy of Philadelphia as not just a great music city, but a city rich in history and heavily influenced by those that came before them.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026
"At a time when we were paralysed by grief, you were just carrying on with your life," she said, adding: "What type of person are you?"
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Who do you see as a younger musician carrying on what you guys do?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
“Well, go, will you!” said the old lady in irritation, and Wang Lung, bowing hastily, turned and went out, the woman after him, and after her the gateman, carrying on his shoulder the box.
From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck
It was less of an axiom than an ethos for a carrying-on, proud people:
From Washington Post ● Feb. 23, 2014
Ms. Murphy juxtaposes the comedy, the heartache and the carrying-on with a deft hand, so that sentimentality is kept at bay.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2010
“That’s what she’s struggling with. The carrying-on part. Is she there?”
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
Well, there couldn’t have been any carrying-on down at the store or we’d have heard about it long time ago.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
But before this question could be answered Francie protested against the charge of "carrying-on."
From The Reverberator by James, Henry
Most of the lame comedic scenes in the opera involve Strauss’s attempts to depict the baron’s absurd carryings-on.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2019
Friends report no apparent danger that either is about to indulge in celebrity carryings-on.
From Time Magazine Archive
At times such carryings-on have been known to get out of hand.
From Time Magazine Archive
All in all, his carryings-on kept him in solitary for 42 of his 54 years in prison, a record for U.S. penitentiaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once she was complaining about the carryings-on at the jook and Tea Cake snapped, “Aw, don’t make God look so foolish—findin’ fault wid everything He made.”
From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston
