denigrate
verb (used with object)
was denigrating
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past progressiveof denigrate.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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“At the same time we could point out the problems that existed in these films when there was denigrating representations of people of color.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2021
“Right out of the bat he was denigrating the medical traditions of Peru,” one student told The Post.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2021
A Starbucks outlet that opened in 2000 in Beijing's nearly 600-year-old Forbidden City was shuttered seven years later, after protestors said it was denigrating the historical site.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2012
