compensate
verb (used with object)
to recompense for something.
was compensating
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past progressiveof compensate.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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Part of this was an attempt to experiment with the format, and part of it was compensating for the filming difficulties brought on by the pandemic.
From Salon ● Feb. 21, 2022
"We started off, our offense was compensating for our defense, but as it went on we started missing shots on offense and we didn't play defense."
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2018
Her body was compensating for the shock, he suspected, but what would happen when that wore off?
From Washington Post ● Nov. 30, 2017
Other firms to have fallen foul of pay rules include Tesco, which said in March said it was compensating 140,000 current and former staff after a payroll error.
From BBC ● May 9, 2017
She was compensating her conscience for the concession she had made in intimating that he might go.
From Doctor Claudius, A True Story by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
