depart
verb (used without object)
to go away; leave.
was departing
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past progressiveof depart.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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"Two trains were on either side of the platform. One was being loaded by heavy goods vehicles ahead of a cross-Channel journey, and another train that had previously been loaded was departing," Cury said.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Noam Shazeer, who was the co-lead of Gemini, said he was departing for OpenAI, and John Jumper, a Nobel Prize winner, said he was moving to Anthropic.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
Fortune Brands earlier this month announced that CEO Nicholas Fink was departing to pursue another leadership opportunity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026
He disposed of the ladder in a nearby ravine while he was departing the area, the release said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025
The Lord Mayor, indeed, was departing from the point; he had paused to enlarge upon the delightful character of his duty before completing its performance.
From Denis Dent A Novel by Ernest W. Hornung
