accommodate
verb (used with object)
to do a kindness or a favor to; oblige.
was accommodating
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past progressiveof accommodate.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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Wells said he was vigilant about avoiding the VOCs he knew might be problematic and his employer was accommodating.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 24, 2021
The judge said that Texas was accommodating Ramirez's beliefs by allowing the pastor in the room.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2021
The opening round Thursday in the British Open was accommodating enough for 47 players to post scores in the 60s, led by Louis Oosthuizen at 6-under 64.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
Kelly, 54, can be as caustic with reporters as he was accommodating with the high school coaches at the clinic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2018
The proprietor, however, was accommodating, and gave me a sort of a lounge in rather a small room where three or four other men, and a dog, were sleeping on the floor.
From Minnesota and Dacotah by C. C. (Christopher Columbus) Andrews
