Examples of 'were about' in a sentence
Meaning of "were about"
The phrase 'were about' is an informal way of saying 'approximately' or 'around.' It is commonly used to give an estimate or to indicate that an amount or quantity is close to a certain value, but not exact
How to use "were about" in a sentence
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were about
Because we were about to get our hearts broken.
The expression is not as if you were about to cry.
Because you were about to quit like a big.
I stuck up some articles which were about you.
You were about to rip open his skull.
I lost him when we were about to sit down.
We were about to ask you the same thing.
I would say they were about a month old.
They were about to get it on and rad busted in.
I just thought they were about actual pussycats.
You were about to betray your goddamn government.
You talk as if the earth were about to be destroyed.
You were about to murder the wrong man.
I always thought you were about my age or younger.
You were about to take a job somewhere else.
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Dwayne informs me you were about to arrest her.
But we were about to run into something else.
The remaining complaints were about racial harassment.
You were about to ask me out for dinner.
They saw the ogres were about to attack.
You were about to say something about home.
I did not know you were about to fire people.
We were about to ask you the same question.
Just when they were about to get into it.
We were about to send advances to the bottling plants.
I was afraid you were about to burst into song.
We were about to bring everyone up to speed on slayer mythology.
And all the men were about twelve.
You were about to explain about last night.
I have a lead on the were about of your dog.
There were about fifty of these establishments in all.
Just the guy we were about to look for.
We were about to ask you that very question.
All the charges were about trouble at home.
We were about to take off and see a movie.
Now tell me what you were about to say.
I think we were about halfway to the front porch.
Lift it up high as if you were about to chop wood.
You were about to have sex with me yesterday.
Why her last words were about you.
The door we were about to open when we woke up.
The night both of them were about to flee.
Where you were about to stick your finger.
Moving pictures of things that happened or were about to.
Just when you were about to break through.
You know what the interviews were about.
Lots of them were about this ancestor of mine.
The first four calls were about you.
The sermons were about atonement for sin.
We finished judging films and were about to eat.
