conscript
verb (used with object)
to draft for military or naval service.
was conscripting
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past progressiveof conscript.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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On Tuesday, Esper’s evolving explanation was that he did not know details about the event his commander was conscripting him into.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 3, 2020
Chungking declared that Japan, with the cooperation of Vichyfrench Governor General Rear Admiral Jean Decoux, was conscripting an army of 150,000 native Indo- Chinese.
From Time Magazine Archive
