diagnose
verb (used with object)
to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination.
was diagnosing
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past progressiveof diagnose.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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Nadel sets the cultural stage: “Elvis Presley was on the air, Allen Ginsberg was diagnosing the country, and the ‘sick’ comedy of Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl, Jonathan Winters, and Stan Freberg was rising.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
Dean, the Butkus Award-winning linebacker, was diagnosing plays before the snap and chasing down ball carriers from sideline to sideline.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2021
Freud’s greatest accomplishment was diagnosing the essential irrationality of the human mind.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020
I doubt my psychiatrist felt much ambivalence when he was diagnosing me.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2017
Sarrion's dark glance was diagnosing the man with a deadly skill.
From The Velvet Glove by Henry Seton Merriman
