BEING in a Sentence

Learn BEING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for BEING, such as:
1. He likes being alone in the house.
2. He is very far from being independent.
3. Paul's being a bit evasive about this job.
4. He being gone, she summoned back her child.
5. I must apologize for not being able to meet you.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of BEING
being
 n.  a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
 n.  the state or fact of existing
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I had never yet seen a being resembling me or who claimed any intercourse with me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
2  The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
4  Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
5  But Hester could not resolve the query, being herself in a dismal labyrinth of doubt.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VI. PEARL
6  The affair being so satisfactorily concluded, Hester Prynne, with Pearl, departed from the house.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In VIII. THE ELF-CHILD AND THE MINISTER
7  He being gone, she summoned back her child.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
8  So much being known, it would appear natural that a part of it should be expressed.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
9  He is very far from being independent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
10  Colonel Brandon alone, of all the party, heard her without being in raptures.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7
11  Lady Middleton was more agreeable than her mother only in being more silent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
12  He valued their kindness beyond any thing, and his greatest happiness was in being with them.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19
13  Here too, Miss Dashwood's commendation, being only simple and just, came in without any eclat.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21
14  She insisted on being left behind, the next morning, when the others went out.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
15  Mrs. Jennings soon appeared, and the note being given her, she read it aloud.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.
2  She couldn't stand the frustration of not being able to help.
3  I must apologize for not being able to meet you.
4  They were accused of being privy to the plot against the king.
5  Jack was being perverse and refusing to agree with anything we said.
6  Paul's being a bit evasive about this job.
7  The city's bomb shelters were being prepared for possible air raids.
8  He likes being alone in the house.
9  The thought of being left alone filled her with horror.
10  Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression.
11  I feel that not enough is being done to protect the local animal life.
12  Rather than being hoodwinked, I would endure anything.
13  A lot of houses in the area are being bought by non-residents.
14  She made absolutely no pretence of being interested.
15  The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.