disclaim
verb (used with object)
to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown.
was disclaiming
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past progressiveof disclaim.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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While her Washington friends were last week proclaiming her witty and wise, she with tears in her eyes was disclaiming all political pretensions.
From Time Magazine Archive
What Boston had last year, Chicago was disclaiming as too old; and again there was Maud Leslie from Jersey actually teaching Nellie Saunders from Buffalo the Drop Step.
From Jane Allen, Junior by Edith Bancroft
He was disclaiming all intentions with regard to Miss Phillips.
From The Lady of the Ice A Novel by James De Mille
I was disclaiming intention in the matter when Lady Knox and the others joined us.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
