be born
Example Sentences
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“I consider myself a small town person who happened to be born in the big city,” Park says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
We are therefore once again in a Gramscian bind, caught between the old which will not die and the new which struggles to be born.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
It began when two married men asked Judge Marlon Weiss to issue a pre-birth order acknowledging them as the lawful parents of a child who was about to be born via surrogacy.
From Slate • May 13, 2026
A child is less likely to be born here than in the north, due to lower population growth rates.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
I felt the numb isolation of those days when I was just a little motherless kid, emptied of words, waiting to come through my door and be born.
From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith
