actuate
verb (used with object)
was actuating
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past progressiveof actuate.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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Her gloved hand closed round the slim roll with the delicate firmness which was actuating all her proceedings on that magnificent afternoon.
From The Lion's Share by Arnold Bennett
More than the spirit of sacrifice was actuating her then.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
King Philip was fighting for precisely the same object that was actuating the colonists in their battle with King Charles.
From The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 by Julian Hawthorne
She never for a moment imagined that any thing but an abstract and ideal scheme for benefiting Bressant was actuating her in her intercourse with him.
From Bressant by Julian Hawthorne
She plainly shared Latisan’s amazement, but there was in her demeanor something more than the frank astonishment which was actuating him.
From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day
