comprise
verb (used with object)
to include or contain.
was comprising
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past progressiveof comprise.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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There was also an American gentleman, Mr. Jefferson Ingram, who was comprising all countries and all nations in one grand tour, as American gentlemen so often do.
From An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids by Anthony Trollope
