was augmenting
- past progressive of augment.
Example Sentences
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Its theocratic dictator, Ayatollah Khomeini, was augmenting his powers by claiming to speak for the Muslim world, as well as taking aim at novelists.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2020
My final frightened upward glance told me that the nauseous cataclysm was augmenting rather than lessening.
From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)
That wasn't much, but he was augmenting it in another way which he believed would bring great profit in the future.
From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore
Lydia and Conroy, hurrying down the street, drew up on the fringes of the little crowd that had gathered and was augmenting every moment, and Johnnie's face was turned to Stoddard in piteous questioning.
From The Power and the Glory by Keller, Arthur Ignatius
He was confident that Natalie was augmenting Graham's allowance from her own.
From Dangerous Days by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
