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
An oblique thrill was animating his movements, a buoyant flush.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 3, 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 sympathy of Sidonia, so complete, and as instructive as it was animating, was a sustaining power which we often need when we are meditating great deeds.
From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
