crest
noun
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
was cresting
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past progressiveof crest.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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The Omicron wave was cresting and parents were scrambling.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2023
Strom released her first album, “Trans-Millenia Consort,” in 1982, a period in which the New Age movement was cresting throughout the United States.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2021
Her team was cresting, churning out performances that went viral over social media and attracting crowds to Pauley Pavilion larger than that of the men’s basketball team.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2019
In 1973, as the anti-Moynihan wave was cresting, Patterson offered a partial defense: rebutting Ryan’s rebuttal, he wrote that writers like Moynihan “in no way blame the victim.”
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 2, 2015
The wave was cresting, and Cat was in the right place to reach it.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
