converge
verb (used without object)
to tend to meet in a point or line; incline toward each other, as lines that are not parallel.
was converging
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past progressiveof converge.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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Then, just as Portland was converging with the national economy and finally getting back to health, the Great Recession of 2008 hit.
From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2012
An Iraqi patrol -- two armed jeeps -- was converging on Basa's position.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another small army of females was converging on the U.S. from Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
Near him stood the young queen, and while she was converging with some gentlemen of the court, her beautiful eyes glanced over to us, and lingered upon the noble but sad form of my father.
From Marie Antoinette and Her Son by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
