Americanize
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become American in character; assimilate to the customs and institutions of the United States.
was Americanizing
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past progressiveof Americanize.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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For her, being in mariachi was how she negotiated the way the education system was Americanizing her and the ties she wanted to maintain with her family’s past.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
He was Americanizing in that good lady's hands as fast as she could transform him, and he listened to her with trustful reverence, as to a woman of striking though eccentric mind.
From A Foregone Conclusion by William Dean Howells
