become
verb (used without object)
to come, change, or grow to be (as specified).
was becoming
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past progressiveof become.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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Meanwhile, it was becoming clear that the cheerleaders required a full-time director—and not a moonlighting English professor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
The health secretary was also asked if treating patients in corridors was "becoming the norm".
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Everyone had been so focused on jet fuel that, suddenly, it was becoming less of an issue,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
During the Obama years, the state was becoming younger, more concentrated around metropolitan areas, more diverse, and more white-collar.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026
Bobby, who was becoming Collins’s pupil, had been studying past and present chess games for years and had begun to dip into Collins’s library of hundreds of books and periodicals.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
