Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In each brief interaction, he said that, while running Virgin Galactic, he created 700 local jobs and that he was centering his campaign around job creation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2024
Eric Van Duyse, spokesman for the federal prosecutor’s office, told reporters the investigation was centering on “a possible terrorist motivation for the shooting.”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
It was the first goal of the season for Fabbri, who was centering Detroit’s No. 1 line in the absence of captain Dylan Larkin.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2021
By 2014-15, he was centering the Lightning’s top line as the team made the Cup final, losing to Chicago.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2020
"She isn't looking at me," complained Shirley and indeed Edith was centering her attention on the coming car and her thoughts were evidently all for the approaching sale.
From Rainbow Hill by Thelma Gooch
