administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
was administering
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past progressiveof administer.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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Dr Sheila Reith was administering insulin to her daughter Fiona - a type 1 diabetic - when she wondered how she could make the injections easier.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2024
From watching her interact with her team, Fortier was administering a stern message.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
“Before digital communication, when someone was administering your estate, they would find the dirty laundry,” she said, referring to physical items like bank statements but also love letters and journals.
From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2022
Downing Street maintained that when Mr. Johnson was discussing the refurbishment with Mr. Brownlow, he believed the donor was administering a blind trust that had been set up to collect funds to finance the project.
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
“Why, I was administering law what time you were being smacked in the nursery—or ought to have been.”
From The Heath Hover Mystery by Bertram Mitford
