curve
noun
a continuously bending line, without angles.
was curving
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past progressiveof curve.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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“That BMI growth curve was curving dramatically upward,” says Schwartz, who reported his findings in the journal Pediatrics.
From Time ● Mar. 17, 2014
As the mission reached its climactic moments and Eagle, the lunar module, was curving down to within a few miles of the moon, Eagle's computer reported: "Program alarm."
From Time Magazine Archive
The train was curving the mountain, the engine loping like a great black hound, parallel with the last careening cars, panting forth its pale white vapor as it hurled us ever higher.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
Malfoy’s thin mouth was curving in a mean smile.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
An engineer, finding a lever and throttle valve, roared to a sailor to take the wheel, and already the launch was curving seaward when Hozier shouted: "Where is Marcel?"
From The Stowaway Girl by Louis Tracy
