amplify
verb (used with object)
to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend.
was amplifying
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past progressiveof amplify.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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At the beginning, people saw me in press gear and thanked me, offered me food, told me I was amplifying their voices.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2025
We were seeing that, despite all of the connectivity of social media, it was amplifying our differences and it was separating people.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
“Sunflower blooms were aggregating bees, which in turn was amplifying disease risk.”
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2022
He added that the economic recovery from the pandemic was amplifying inequalities.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2021
Tiger Asia's second violation, the S.E.C. said, was amplifying its monthly performance numbers by illegally manipulating the prices of the Chinese bank stocks.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2012
