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Meaning being meaning
What does being mean?
Definitions in simple English
being
being
Synonyms being synonyms
What other words have the same or similar meaning as being?
being English » English
Topics being topics
What do people use being to talk about?
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What general words refer to supernatural beings?
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What types of good supernatural beings are there?
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What words refer to a single member of the human race?
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What words refer to the supreme being in the universe?
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What words refer to something starting to exist?
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What words refer to making something?
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What words indicate the result of something?
Examples being examples
How do I use being in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Nobody likes being laughed at.
I have a strong objection to being treated like this.
Oh, the train is being delayed.
His wife being out, he cooked dinner for himself.
The child was afraid of being left alone in the dark.
I insist on your being present.
I am proud of never being late for school.
In addition to being a poet, he is a scholar.
That octopus returned to the sea without being eaten.
I think being poor is nothing to be ashamed of.
She used to enjoy being with him.
True democracy makes no enquiry about the color of skin, or the place of nativity, wherever it sees man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights.
Tom used to enjoy being with Mary.
Being objective means not telling everybody whose side you are on.
Liberty consists of being able to make everything as harmless as possible.
I have a great fear of being disdained by those I love and care about.
Ms. Eichler had a notorious reputation for being austere to her students.
He was sick of being vilified all the time by people who were jealous of his ability.
James had a great fear of making mistakes in class and being reprimanded.
In order to keep his original idea from being copied, Henry resorted to reticence.
Sometimes he has difficulties with being articulate about his views.
I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.
Sometimes Spenser cares so much about Trang that he leads her to believe he is being overprotective.
It's annoying not being able to find the error in my calculation.
Freud's insights into human behavior led to him being honored as a profound thinker.
How do you account for your being late?
All you have to do is apologize for being late.
You can stay with us for the time being.
It is a great pleasure being with you.
I have a good mind to strike you for being so rude.
The bridge is being repainted.
There is very little probability of an agreement being reached.
The bill was eviscerated before being passed by the legislature.
Movie subtitles
Not a human being. A dog!
You're being pursued by the military, aren't you?
Being together is even more dangerous.
You're being very careless about this.
To tell you the truth, I'm being chased by bad people.
The story about being chased by bad people.
When we're like this, it doesn't seem too different from being in Britannia.
Jeez, for being honored.
On top of me not even being aware, I have been acting extremely rude to you.
Also, concerning the measures being taken.
Yes, the preparations for the welcoming of the Imperial Princess are being readied in the government office.
You are being sluggish.
It cannot be dismissed that this novel idea. is connected to the princess being a student a short while ago.
This ceremony is being broadcast worldwide.
Eh? To tell you the truth, I'm being chased by bad people.
The story about being chased by bad people. Meow.
You are lacking. You are weak. You are being sluggish.
The Netherlands continue to play an important role in an area where new discoveries are still being made, new instruments are being developed and the frontiers of our know-how and knowledge are constantly being pushed out.
Friendships were being torn apart, and everything was getting messed up.
I was hoping they'd do the right thing, but I'm not surprised they're being total jerks.
Now I'm being fucking renditioned!
But ultimately, you know, he's concerned for his well-being and he wants to protect him.
Derek recruits kids who can be helped by this, who all have weaknesses, and who are all being pushed. He sees it as a way out for them.
It's a delicate balance between the supernatural part of her life and the normal part of being a teenage girl.
Part of one of the rules of being a werewolf hunter is that if you are bitten by a werewolf, you take your own life.
We know that Lydia is a conduit for Peter's intentions, but we don't know if it's Lydia being the medium herself or if it's Peter imposing the powers through her.
Does anyone want to try not being completely predictable?
Peter is his way into, maybe, just one slight advantage of making that happen and being able to get rid of it.
People weren't taking too kindly me being at camp 'cause apparently I stole food from the shed and then burned it down.
I'm being naughty.
I think it's safer here than being back at camp where a bunch of people don't like me thanks to you, making those wild accusations.
Why is she being such a bitch?
News and current affairs
The consequences of 1989 ended up being less enduring than many observers, including me, would have assumed.
And the post-war social-democratic welfare state is being eroded more and more every day.
Any train accident or airplane crash is now at first suspected of being an act of terrorism.
WASHINGTON, DC - The negotiations to create a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States are being widely welcomed.
One of these species, orange roughy, has been caught commercially for only around a quarter-century, but already is being fished to the point of collapse.
Likewise, in many parts of the world, tropical rainforest is being cleared for pasture land and food crops.
Indeed, just as BP was being hit with new criminal penalties, ExxonMobil announced yet another pipeline leak in the Niger Delta.
From now on, sustainable development must not be a mere slogan, but rather an operational approach to global governance and well-being on a strained and crowded planet.
But the scale of this corruption should not blind us to the problem of public sector accounting, where many deceitful things are also being done.
Like Pavlov's dog, Alex is being programmed to respond with nausea to violence and sex.
And, of course, being General Secretary carries no constitutional term limit.
Accusing warriors of being traders and traders of being thieves, it shuns its Marxist origins.
Italy, too, is being drained of capital; in fact, the flight of investors accelerated after the ECB's liquidity injection.
Even so, the fact that very high inflation is possible does not make it probable, so one should be cautious in arguing that higher gold prices are being driven by inflation expectations.
Most economic research suggests that gold prices are very difficult to predict over the short to medium term, with the odds of gains and losses being roughly in balance.
Europe is being cautious in the name of avoiding debt and defending the euro, whereas the US has moved on many fronts in order not to waste an ideal opportunity to implement badly needed structural reforms.
These are some of the poorest households in the world, and, ironically, some of the hungriest as well, despite being food producers.
He said something about black men in America being singled out, and asked the cop, who was white, for his name and identification.
Being a nuclear power provides sovereign states with protection and prestige.
During the heyday of Irish terrorism in the UK, successive British governments went out of their way not to concede to the IRA the notion that a war was being waged.
All things being equal, we probably are.