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
It belonged to Justice Sonia Sotomayor and was alerting the justice, who is diabetic, that her blood sugar was urgently low.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 5, 2018
So far the only thing it seemed to be good for was alerting more monsters to their presence.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
