Sentence examples for did it exist from inspiring English sources

Was it a metaphor, or did it exist?

Joyce Carol Oates, whom I don't think of as famously concise but who has become a prolific and often ingenious tweeter, recently tweeted a question: "If an action is not recorded on a smart phone, does it, did it, exist?" Oates's question touches on a set of major problems for writers on Twitter: Does a piece of writing that is never seen by anyone other than its author even exist?

When Americanism was in full flower, in Mitchell's youth, where did it exist more tangibly than at the heart of the national pastime?

Did it exist?

Did it exist while the hydrothermal system was active?

Does it exist?

So why does it exist?

Why does it exist all?

Does it exist in Basildon?

Where else does it exist?

Why does it exist?' " he said.