doom
noun
fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune.
was dooming
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past progressiveof doom.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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For all that Brown and DePodesta provided in terms of smarts and managerial savvy, their lack of experience and football intellect was dooming.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2018
I started the long trudge across the fields and had gone some distance before I paid any attention to the soft and muddy ground, which was dooming my city shoes.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
"Why, it was dooming him to certain destruction," said Fritz.
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
To what a wretched, cramped life he was dooming himself and her ... back rooms in greasy, third-rate pensions, never any margin for decent clothes....
From Rough-Hewn by Dorothy Canfield
It was he who told me, poor dear man, that Catherine was a mother, and that I was dooming two beings to shame and desertion.
From The Village Rector by Katharine Prescott Wormeley
