dispose
verb (used with object)
to give a tendency or inclination to; incline.
was disposing
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past progressiveof dispose.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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I felt that if I sold or threw them away I was disposing of my mother and her mother, and their significance in my life.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026
In the 7th district Gerald Boileau beat Congressman Merlin Hull for renomination while in the 8th district Gardiner Withrow was disposing of Edward Everts Browne, a Congressman since 1913.
From Time Magazine Archive
American Motors had no way of knowing that Wolfson was disposing of his stock,* said Romney, who praised the SEC's action.
From Time Magazine Archive
Monroe's stock of household goods had been replenished, perhaps by importations from France on his recent return, and he was disposing of his old supplies, by gift or sale, among his neighbors.
From James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay
Next, Hyman Margolius produced Siegmund Lowenstein's letter which declared that Lowenstein was disposing of the Empire cloaks because he was overstocked.
From Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures by Montague Glass
