enforce
verb (used with object)
to put or keep in force; compel obedience to.
was enforcing
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past progressiveof enforce.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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“My background was enforcing the law, not breaking the law,” he testified under cross-examination by a defense attorney for one of the electors.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
For a period, it was enforcing those sanctions, but then it began helping North Korea circumvent them as Beijing-Washington relations deteriorated.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
A plaintiff would need to sue a state official who was enforcing the law.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2021
Customs and Border Protection spokesperson said in a statement that the agency was enforcing a determination that the tiles were prohibited items.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2021
My eyes became habituated to the gloomy atmosphere to which I directed them, and insensibly my mind became more interested in their discoveries than in the metaphysical subtleties which the preacher was enforcing.
From Rob Roy — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
