Sentence examples for was for being from inspiring English sources

The 23-year-old assistant programmer echoes the sentiment: "Is the reason I no longer work there because my boss just moved on from me to the sound of someone new sucking up to her? Someone who was, in all rights, much more grateful for being hired than I was for being given so much extra work?" To Confront or Not?

I think it was for being cheerful.

His talent, he said, was for being a guest at parties.

When Vieira de Mello was criticized, though, it was for being too much a devotee of Realpolitik.

But Hewitt's talent was of a piece with his abuses: his greatest talent was for being angry all the time.

After tonight, he'd never have another chance to tell them how sorry he was for being such a terrible son, for abandoning them here on this crumbling planet, this once and future wasteland.

And his regret, whatever it was for, was also real.

Still, the ploy, whatever it was for, was oddly effective.

Many records are for being specially printed for Record Store Day.

And her talent is for being a product.

"His gift is for being able to see round corners.