embolden
verb (used with object)
was emboldening
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past progressiveof embolden.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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The response to “Saint Maud” was emboldening and frightening and exciting and all of those things all at once.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Then the personal note in his last speech had produced a serious effect on her, and all the time she felt that her silence was emboldening him, as indeed it was.
From A Millionaire of Yesterday by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
