going about
Example Sentences
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These same dons disdained Britain’s provincial universities—known pejoratively as Redbrick—as well as academics in the U.S., whom they scorned for going about their business with “woefully unnecessary seriousness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Local people were going about their business and shops that were shut on Saturday have reopened, as had Niamey's main market.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
Now, Eatherly’s ilk gloats about verbally terrorizing American citizens going about their day-to-day lives on American streets and beams this content around the globe for money.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
“I didn’t understand how anybody could be going about their lives, just driving and making plans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The beach had been fully cleared of the remains of fish by hungry birds, and everyone was either at home resting or going about their day in town.
From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook
