Sentence examples for was being that from inspiring English sources

"For he was at his best," Van Doren wrote, "not when he was basic, not when he was trying to understand the man he was, but when he was being that man, when he was applying the ideas which that man had furnished him.

Though, if I was being that illogical, maybe I was drunk.

December 1987: Railing against criticisms of her sexualized image, Madonna tells Smash Hits magazine, "I think, 'Why aren't they letting this stand in the way of appreciating Prince's music?'" She reasons that some women don't like her because "they're taught that to be strong and respected they had to behave like men or not be sexy or feminine and it pissed them off that I was being that".

It's been that way for years.

It's been that way since Truman.

It's been that way since 1776".

"It's been that way all season.

It's been that kind of year.

It's been that kind of season.

"It's been that long?

It's been that infrequent".