enlarge
verb (used with object)
to make larger; increase in extent, bulk, or quantity; add to.
was enlarging
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past progressiveof enlarge.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 appeared to me then that the Soviet Union was enlarging its area of control not only in Eastern Europe, but elsewhere.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2016
At staid IBM's meeting, Chairman Thomas J. Watson Jr. set off general giggling with his candid explanation as to why the company was enlarging its collection of early scientific models rather than paintings.
From Time Magazine Archive
His hands were growing, his head was enlarging, and where baby fuzz had once covered a pale new scalp, now long tentacles were emerging.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
She didn’t know what the smell was but it was enlarging and she could almost see it, a foul brown cloud.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The vessel was still a tiny blob, but every instant it was enlarging, doubling its visual size.
From Wandl the Invader by Ray Cummings
