animate
verb (used with object)
to give life to; make alive.
was animating
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past progressiveof animate.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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I could get instant feedback of the forms through changing the parameters as it was animating.
From The Verge ● Mar. 29, 2019
The dream of a state restored to health and a government devoted to remaking society into an improved version of its often disappointing self was animating Bob until the very end.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2017
The early work of Hayao Miyazaki, “back when he was animating for Toho.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2016
When the Mr Magoo people came over to make some ads I started with them as a paint mixer, within six months I was animating and within another six months I was directing.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 19, 2013
The concentrated pent-up longing of all these months was animating him.
From Three Weeks by Glyn, Elinor
