eject
verb (used with object)
to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position.
was ejecting
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past progressiveof eject.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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Russian ally Belarus, for its part, said it was ejecting Ukrainian diplomats and closing a consulate.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2022
The instigating low pressure system was ejecting east out of Alberta on Tuesday morning, its counterclockwise swirl wrapping a blast of cool Canadian air south and east across the Plains and Intermountain West.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
Mr. Carberry declined to tell Fox News why he was ejecting them from campus, only promising to send a statement via email.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2015
My next stop was the second floor, where the slide was ejecting viewers into Mr. Höller’s “Double Light Corner.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2011
While moving along, the idle cylinder was ejecting oil, and this, together with the fact that it had no compression, made me hope that broken piston-rings were the source of the trouble.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Sir Douglas Mawson
