Sentence examples for had been fasting from inspiring English sources

He had been fasting almost weekly through the summer for an end to the sulfurous assault.

He and two other Tibetan men had been fasting to protest China's destructive occupation of Tibet.

They had been fasting since sunrise in observance of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

SOME devotees had been fasting for weeks and shaved their heads.

They had been fasting to demand the release of political prisoners, especially Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, a physician and proponent of nonviolent resistance.

When he started blacking out after completing races, his coaches were astonished to discover that Farah, a devout Muslim, had been fasting for Ramadan.

Patients had been fasted for 24 h prior to surgery.

"And we've been fasting my whole life, pretty much.

Both have been fasting for nine days.*.*

I've been fasting since I was 9 years old.

He explained, "I've been fasting ever since.