bet
verb (used with object)
to wager with (something or someone).
was betting
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past progressiveof bet.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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So although it’s always worth taking them with a grain of salt, last night’s bigger loser was betting markets, whose predictive power in Wisconsin was effectively zero.
From Slate ● Aug. 12, 2026
Even with its latest earnings-fueled rally, Palantir’s stock is down from November, when Burry disclosed in a regulatory filing that he was betting against the firm.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He misled others by starting to exit a trade minutes or hours after saying he was betting against a stock, in effect doing the “opposite” of what others expected him to do, prosecutors said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026
Woldenberg also said his firm was betting "on further relief because of the lawsuit".
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
I was betting that at her size, she wasn’t having a good time in jail.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
