Examples of 'he was about' in a sentence
Meaning of "he was about"
he was about: This phrase implies that someone was on the verge of doing or saying something. It suggests that the person being referred to was close to taking an action or making a statement, but was interrupted or stopped before doing so
How to use "he was about" in a sentence
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he was about
He was about to find out the company was a fake.
How reasonable he was about the whole thing.
He was about to leave the company for you.
Thelma heard he was about to rat them out.
He was about to crash into a woman with a child.
He always looked like he was about ready to faint.
He was about the same age as your boy.
He told me yesterday he was about to make an arrest.
He was about to tell me the name of the mole.
I remind you that he was about to kill you.
He was about to drink all of the sacred blood.
Batman looked like he was about to rape my son.
He was about to blow the whistle on the whole.
He looked like he was about to shit peach pits.
He was about to leave the island with them.
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This is when he was about four years old.
He was about to commit suicide and we saved him.
There was a girl he was about to sign up.
He was about to begin preparations for eventual negotiations.
I could have sworn he was about to cry or something.
He was about to get a medical discharge when he died.
He died when he was about fifteen years old.
He was about to testify against someone in organized crime.
He looked like he was about to attack the victim.
He was about to make some real balling money.
Looked like he was about half dead.
He was about to close shop for the day.
He might even have known what he was about to do.
How scared he was about letting you down.
We need to find out what it was he was about to tell me.
He was about three and a half feet tall.
Someone came along just as he was about to kiss me.
He was about to leave this woman completely unsatisfied.
He killed his family when he was about to be exposed.
He was about to tell me how to break the curse.
I have known him since he was about nine.
He was about a hundred and twenty five pounds.
Varga was murdered because he was about to arrest them.
He was about to launch into the gay agenda.
I was trying to get him to stop doing what he was about to do.
I heard that he was about a month in your city.
They did not even know what he was about.
He was about to phone and you shot him.
He changed his mind as he was about to shoot.
He was about to be indicted on corruption and embezzlement charges.
If only he knew the events he was about to trigger.
He was about to die in defence of these wretched traitors.
Tom did not tell anyone what he was about to do.
Said he was about to hit another home run.
Both exchanged heated words as he was about to depart.
