was deriving
- past progressive of derive.
Example Sentences
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“The Welsh sensed the relationship was reciprocal, said Humphreys. “That he was deriving something from their friendships, from seeing how people in the mining communities supported one another and cared for one another.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2017
By 2011, when Mr. Ahrenberg acquired the business, it had not published anything new in decades, he said, and was deriving much of its revenue from reconstituting and selling full sets of the Picasso catalog.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2013
At its peak, GigLocator had hundreds of thousands of users and was deriving revenues from commission from tickets sold by vendors, according to Proud.
From Forbes ● Jun. 20, 2012
How pleased and proud Uncle Matthew would have been of this book, but how little pleasure John was deriving from it.
From The Foolish Lovers by Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer)
Thereupon he took his departure, and for the next hour I remained where I was, deriving what satisfaction I could from the assurance he had given me.
From Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance by Boothby, Guy
