alter
verb (used with object)
to make different in some particular, as size, style, course, or the like; modify.
was altering
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past progressiveof alter.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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And, look, the sticky substance phenomenon was altering the way the game was being played on the field.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
And Luigi, the barista at Bar Due Pini, was distressed that the ever-spreading novel virus was altering the natural Italian rhythm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
Brooks’ arguments are so similar to Bruni’s that the hardest part of writing that column was altering the phrasing to avoid outright plagiarism.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2019
Surely there was an innocent explanation for why the White House seamstress was altering Mrs. Roosevelt’s old dresses for her friend Hick.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2016
We would stay up all night gabbing, sometimes while Rosa pinned wedding dresses on me that she was altering for work.
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
