allege
verb (used with object)
to assert without proof.
was alleging
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past progressiveof allege.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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Judge Arianna Freeman dissented from Thursday’s decision, arguing it would be too late to remedy some of the harms Khalil was alleging if he was forced to wait until immigration court proceedings concluded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 15, 2026
He added the absence of any infringement decisions under EU or UK competition law meant it would be down to the claimant to prove the market abuse it was alleging was actually taking place.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
At that point, MGA was alleging that Mattel was stealing its ideas for new toys.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at a time when the union chapter, the National ICE Council, was alleging serious misconduct.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2022
And then he was alleging, and trying to prove from nature and reason, that no man ever was guilty of a sinful action who might not have declined it had he so chosen!
From The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg
