circumscribe
verb (used with object)
to draw a line around; encircle.
was circumscribing
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past progressiveof circumscribe.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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With every passing day Watergate was circumscribing our freedom of action.
From Time Magazine Archive
“With every passing day, Watergate was circumscribing our freedom of action,” Kissinger, the one person unscathed by scandal, later said.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
