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 scene which followed in the bright moonlight evening, and lasting through the night, was animating and interesting in the extreme.
From Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston
