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 Meanings and Examples of BEING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
being
 n.  a living thing that has the ability to act independently
 n.  the quality or state of having existence
 v.  present participle of BE
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)
16  Some people are being denied access to proper medical care.
17  I think she has many good qualities besides being very beautiful.
18  He'd managed to avoid being sidetracked by Schneider's problems.
19  Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early.
20  She usually goes out in disguise to avoid being bothered by the public.
21  You can't touch pitch without being defiled.
22  I soon realized that being tough was getting me nowhere fast.
23  She resents her mother for being so tough on her.
24  It was a real treat being allowed to stop out late.
25  By being absent from the trial, he forfeited the right to appeal.
26  At the moment it is being presided over by each member in turn.
27  I'm fed up with being put upon by my boss all the time.
28  Don't reckon upon the weather being fine for your garden party.
29  While the front door is being repaired, please use the side entrance.
30  A future version of the camera is currently being developed.