affirm
verb (used with object)
to state or assert positively; maintain as true.
was affirming
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past progressiveof affirm.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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It was affirming — textural, temperature-driven, a flavor experience unlike any other.
From Salon ● Mar. 25, 2025
"It was affirming for us to have someone of Miriam's standing take an interest in Tasmania's transformation," Croome tells the BBC.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2022
The court said it was affirming the lower court finding that the district was unconstitutional.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2022
With every book, with every question, with every overt display of ambivalence and disgust, he was affirming to us that we were contenders.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2018
Claire was affirming to herself behind her shut lips, even as he was speaking.
From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
