BEING in a Sentence
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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.
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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Meanings and Examples of BEING
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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.
2 The being finished speaking and fixed his looks upon me in the expectation of a reply.
3 No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself.
4 Henry deeply felt the misfortune of being debarred from a liberal education.
5 But Hester could not resolve the query, being herself in a dismal labyrinth of doubt.
6 The affair being so satisfactorily concluded, Hester Prynne, with Pearl, departed from the house.
7 He being gone, she summoned back her child.
8 So much being known, it would appear natural that a part of it should be expressed.
9 He is very far from being independent.
10 Colonel Brandon alone, of all the party, heard her without being in raptures.
11 Lady Middleton was more agreeable than her mother only in being more silent.
12 He valued their kindness beyond any thing, and his greatest happiness was in being with them.
13 Here too, Miss Dashwood's commendation, being only simple and just, came in without any eclat.
14 She insisted on being left behind, the next morning, when the others went out.
15 Mrs. Jennings soon appeared, and the note being given her, she read it aloud.
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.