Sentence examples for had been without from inspiring English sources

They had been without water for four days.

Barnes & Noble, which had been without a C.E.O.

The city had been without power or water for days.

At the time, some residents had been without electricity for 45 days, since Hurricane Irma.

We had been without Internet contact for the few preceding days and this remained inoperable.

His brain had been without oxygen, he says, for fourteen minutes.

He had been without a club after being released by Bristol City in the summer.

Two-thirds said they had been without health insurance for at least two years.

No one had come, and the cat had been without food and water for seven days.

Some residents reported that their neighborhoods had been without drinking water or electricity for weeks.

Button had been without his power-boost system for most of the race.