abstract
adjective
thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances.
was abstracting
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past progressiveof abstract.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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More subtly, she was abstracting architectural objects – starting with little metal souvenirs of the Empire State Building and the Sagrada Família – and playing with ideas of "not quite defying gravity" by suspending objects.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2013
She was walking slowly and looking down as she went, as if some thought was abstracting her.
From In Connection with the De Willoughby Claim by Frances Hodgson Burnett
