burgeon
verb (used without object)
to grow or develop quickly; flourish.
was burgeoning
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past progressiveof burgeon.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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Smokin Jo, who has been DJing since 1990, remembers when the rave and club scene was burgeoning in the late 80s and early 90s.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2024
At that time, the field of topology was burgeoning, centred around efforts to classify all possible manifolds.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 28, 2022
Modern art was burgeoning at the time, but he continued to focus on art from the Italian Renaissance.
From New York Times ● May 14, 2020
It was the early 1970s and a new era of treating paralysis was burgeoning.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2016
First of all, within the State House, there was burgeoning of the separate lights of the wall brackets and then the great chandeliers burst into bloom.
From All-Wool Morrison by Holman Day
