accrue
verb (used without object)
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
was accruing
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past progressiveof accrue.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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While working as a retail manager making about $13 an hour, he saw that his monthly loan payments only partially covered the interest that was accruing and weren’t making a dent in his principal balance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2025
In an update published on Thursday, it said it was accruing around $145 million in estimated recovery costs for the year 2021.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2021
He said he had to borrow money from his son to pay the fine straight away, as it was accruing heavy interest, and that he had been unsuccessful in an appeal.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2021
By 2005, the global pool of frequent-flier miles was accruing 10 times as fast as the open seats that made the whole system possible.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
I was accruing charge at the rate of about 4 miles of range per hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2018
