being there

Example Sentences

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But being there, it also didn’t feel that simple.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“We want to be out as quickly as possible, because our purpose in being there is only for them . . . to take over their own affairs.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

She said security staff helped lift her wheelchair into the venue and initially told her and her friend there was no problem with them being there.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

“I remember specifically being there, memories of the nail salon chemicals. There was a record shop and a hot dog on a stick,” says Mercado of the mall, which opened in 1977.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler