Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Last we heard from the company, League of Legends was dwarfing all its competition with 27 million daily, and 67 million monthly players.
From Forbes ● Jul. 22, 2014
He did not yet dream how faint a thing poor Joe had shrunk to be in Joan's mind, or how the present episode in her life was dwarfing and dominating all others, present and past.
From Lying Prophets by Eden Phillpotts
The grim old Forest of Dean was dwarfing to a mere coppice; the rushing Severn was becoming an insignificant brook.
From Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan
And its huge bulk was dwarfing the giant pines, the rounded buildings; it threw the men's familiar surroundings into a new and smaller scale.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 by Various
She tried to make clear to him that after youth,—perhaps even after childhood,—enjoyment, as the purpose of effort, was dwarfing.
From The Iron Woman by Margaret Wade Campbell Deland
