bestow
verb (used with object)
was bestowing
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past progressiveof bestow.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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In my seat, I could feel the tug on my sleeve from 24 years ago of my 5-year-old, on whom I was bestowing the gift of musical theater.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2021
Three decades after helping his Motown elder Smokey to a No. 1 hit, 49-year-old Stevie Wonder was bestowing another on a new generation.
From Slate ● Dec. 18, 2016
Earlier in the day, Atlantic Media announced that it was bestowing its 2016 Michael Kelly Award on Ms. Rubin for her series of articles on women in Afghanistan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2016
Yet, needing peace desperately, Chou successfully managed to convince most of the world that he was bestowing it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He thanked me warmly, for he appreciated that I was bestowing upon him an enormous opportunity for national fame.
From The Plum Tree by E. M. Ashe
