boycott
verb (used with object)
to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion.
was boycotting
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past progressiveof boycott.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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When asked why government ministers were going when UK Labour was boycotting the event, Mr Gething added: "It's entirely reasonable for people to take different positions on the issue."
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2022
Looking back to the 2016 Academy Awards ceremony, when Pinkett Smith was boycotting the show, championing the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite, Rock — who was hosting that year — focused his monologue on the Smiths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
The Americans last medaled in the biennial event in 2008 and last took gold in 1976 — when the then-Soviet Union team was boycotting the event.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 21, 2016
“We came here because everyone else was boycotting it,” Franco Petrella, one of the owners, told an Italian newspaper.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2015
After a few minutes, the school’s athletic director entered with news: The coach was boycotting the meeting, “holding the line,” they were told.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
