encompass
verb (used with object)
was encompassing
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past progressiveof encompass.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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"It was encompassing the entire world, just from this tiny little town in mid Wales," he added.
From BBC ā Jul. 28, 2022
Jules finds that “friend was encompassing, and here it encompassed too much”.
From The Guardian ā Jul. 4, 2020
There was but one way to free himself from the toils the artful widow was encompassing him with—he must marry some one else.
From Winter Evening Tales by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Alex, who had composed a score of imaginary love-letters, both on his behalf and her own, tried to compensate herself the following evening for the vague misery that was encompassing her spirit, by writing.
From Consequences by E. M. Delafield
That was what David Martin felt was encompassing Joan.
From The Shield of Silence by George Loughridge
