was bettering
- past progressive of better.
Example Sentences
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This was on a sun-glazed October afternoon at an outdoor cafe near his uptown apartment, and he was bettering that bad taste with a scone and an Americano.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
At all these studies Ged was apt, and within a month was bettering lads who had been a year at Roke before him.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
He had been resting in the certainty of Tenney's crippled state, but the wounded foot, he knew, was bettering every day, and with it Tira's security lessened.
From Old Crow by Brown, Alice
Kent checked off the dodging mile-posts: the pace was bettering the fastest run ever made on the Prairie Division—which was saying a good deal.
From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis
No one could see that he was bettering his condition by moving further along the building, though it was evident he had a well-defined purpose from the beginning.
From Philip Dru Administrator : a Story of Tomorrow 1920 - 1935 by House, Edward Mandell
