was accumulating
- past progressive of accumulate.
Example Sentences
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He spotted a begonia poking through a burned fence on his neighbor’s property and snapped a photo, and soon he was accumulating more and more similar images.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
The garbage was accumulating a little too fast.
From Slate ● Apr. 16, 2026
Among her financial coups was accumulating devalued U.S. currency, the original greenbacks, issued during the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
According to the victims' lawyers, BHP was aware that toxic sludge was accumulating at at the facility in Minas Gerais state north of Rio de Janeiro at rates that far exceeded the annual limit.
From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025
Eddie who had worked at La Ida pretty regularly was accumulating a cellar of some promise.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
