appraise
verb (used with object)
to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess.
was appraising
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past progressiveof appraise.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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“Yeh acha game hai,” the young shopkeeper would say, encouraging me to buy whichever title I was appraising.
From The Verge ● Aug. 11, 2022
Brian Ellner was appraising the cheese spread at a party in Bellport, N.Y., in April 2018, when Jarrett Olivo walked through the door.
From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
His degrees from Harvard may have lent breadth to his cultural range but they didn’t deepen his relationship to the art he was appraising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
"It was a matter of letting the round mature," he said, sounding like he was appraising a wine.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 15, 2010
Mrs. Dimblewit looked around as if the bookshop smelled but also like she was appraising it.
From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega
