devise
verb (used with object)
to contrive, plan, or elaborate; invent from existing principles or ideas.
was devising
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past progressiveof devise.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 next challenge was devising a way to reverse the process -- essential for clinical applications to ensure that people don't hemorrhage.
From Science Daily ● May 13, 2024
By age 15, he was devising his own political maps and addressing campaign rallies for his local congressman, Republican Paul A. Fino.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
Johnson’s premiership was a game played by rules he was devising on the hoof, and one that the rest of Parliament — and media, colleagues and opponents alike — had a hard time following.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2022
The governing BJP's state spokesperson, Sameer Singh, said that the government was "devising new strategies" to deal with the problem.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022
As he sat in the kitchen, where Maggie was sewing or preparing the dinner, he was devising a way to perform the task with wood and iron.
From Make or Break or, The Rich Man's Daughter by Oliver Optic
