exist
verb (used without object)
to have actual being; be.
was existing
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past progressiveof exist.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's quite a lot to pinpoint exactly the relationship and the power dynamic that was existing between Denmark, Sweden and the community at Sutton Hoo at this time, just based off-one find," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2025
As his life was contracting and he was existing in this gulag in these very hellish conditions, my life was expanding and all these wonderful things were happening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2024
Up until I was probably in my mid-20s, I felt like I was existing in spaces where I couldn’t really be my full self.
From Slate ● Mar. 2, 2023
The $1 billion, scientists realized, was existing, not new, money.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 30, 2022
She was saying that she was not certain she was feeling the feeling she was not certain was existing.
From Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories by Gertrude Stein
