alert
adjective
fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen.
was alerting
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past progressiveof alert.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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All it took was alerting the office to the location and existence of our sycamore and the division would, if it hadn’t already, add it to its ever-growing list of trees it aims to protect.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Dr. Morens, in that email to colleagues, said his Gmail account had been “hacked” so he was alerting them they had to use his official account.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
Investigators said he was alerting the brothers that the time for their planned hoax would have to be moved back.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Jones declined to answer questions about when the firm discovered the reseller compromise, how many customers the reseller has, how many were breached and whether the reseller was alerting its customers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2020
The magic woven into his skin was alerting him.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
