discipline
noun
training to act in accordance with rules; drill.
was disciplining
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past progressiveof discipline.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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A question a few weeks ago from a parent upset that another restaurant patron was disciplining the writer’s child for running around motivated me to write to you.
From Slate ● Dec. 23, 2019
While he was disciplining his troops, and preparing to defend the country, he kept an anxious eye upon Paris, and saw with ever-increasing alarm the prevalence of the savage element in the national politics.
From Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs by O. E. (Osgood Eaton) Fuller
Stewart Duff was a rancher, once a "remittance man," but since his marriage three years ago he had learned self-reliance and was disciplining himself in self-restraint.
From The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land by Ralph Connor
Max was disciplining himself to put up with hardships of all sorts which would probably become a part of everyday life.
From A Soldier of the Legion by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
"Time!" said Benis, who enjoyed his relative hugely—when she was disciplining someone else.
From The Window-Gazer by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay
