checking
Example Sentences
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His wife, Linda, is equally neighborly, hosting regular chat sessions on their lovely front porch and checking in on me whenever I have been ill, as she does to anyone in her orbit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
“We are checking that. They sent us a draft. We didn’t agree to it. It’s not our draft. We sent our comments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Avoid lifestyle creep, where seeing more money in the checking account is tied to the feeling of more freedom to spend.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The anonymous player disposed of the ticket in a shop in Bitonto, southern Italy, after checking his numbers and being told it was "non-payable".
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“I was just checking to see if you’d left yet,” she said, not looking directly at him.
From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley
