derive
verb (used with object)
to receive or obtain from a source or origin (usually followed byfrom ).
was deriving
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past progressiveof derive.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 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
He was accumulating a vast fund of data on various subjects connected with the affairs of the Rainbow Company, and he was deriving great satisfaction from the contemplation of the quantity.
From The Blue Goose by Frank Lewis Nason
And evidently Captain Armitage was deriving altogether too much jolly entertainment from her awkwardness.
From From the Ranks by Charles King
