consign
verb (used with object)
to hand over or deliver formally or officially; commit (often followed byto ).
was consigning
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past progressiveof consign.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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He knew the future life he dreamed of was now impossible, and it seems he couldn’t face the to which the U.S. government was consigning him.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
For some, Sainz was consigning himself to a support role.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2021
A new Star Wars film that used John Williams’s thunderous music only in passing, or even omitted it entirely, would send a clear message that it was consigning nostalgia to the past.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2016
"You are going back to New York?" echoed Winifred, uncertainly, realizing all of a sudden what it was that she was sending him away from, and to what she was consigning him.
From Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes by Maud Wilder Goodwin
He had presented himself at the prison before the self-appointed tribunal that was consigning the prisoners to massacre, and had announced himself as a victim of the Bastille.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 03 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
