was displaying
- past progressive of display.
Example Sentences
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It depicts her in a black dress, ready to depart from her home in Eagle Bridge, N.Y., in November 1940, for Manhattan, where Gimbels department store was displaying her works.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 11, 2026
Calpol and Nurofen were having no effect and the six-year-old was displaying worrying symptoms.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2024
“The museum was displaying my dating history to millions of people even though I asked them to stop.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
That encounter also involved DAT officers who tried to stop a teenager they said was displaying “characteristics of an armed person.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
Mother’s shyness and ladylike demeanor had a quieting effect on him, and he was displaying his most genteel behavior.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
