attribute
verb (used with object)
to regard as resulting from a specified cause; consider as caused by something indicated (usually followed byto ).
was attributing
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past progressiveof attribute.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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“The voice in myself was attributing to her the traits I couldn’t look at in myself,” said Zweig, who was in her late 60s at the time.
From Los Angeles Times β Dec. 12, 2023
In a blog post the US tech giant said it was attributing attacks to Lace Tempest, known for ransomware operations and running the Clop extortion website where victim data is published.
From BBC β Jun. 5, 2023
People were concerned that he was attributing cognitive complexity to animals that they couldn’t possibly have.
From National Geographic β Jun. 18, 2017
I did not see myself as someone who leaned back, but here I was, attributing my fellowship to everyone else and completely anxious about my future job and an imaginary baby.
From Nature β Oct. 23, 2013
“I suppose she is so civil to me because of your uncle Francis,” she used to say to her girls, which was attributing to Lady Fitzroy a degree of snobbishness that was quite undeserved.
From Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey
