express
verb (used with object)
to put (thought) into words; utter or state.
was expressing
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past progressiveof express.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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He was expressing anger at his own representatives being refused when he collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
“It was expressing selflessness”—all while being “a social club” that “gave you social standing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
He also noted that the professor was expressing a personal opinion and did not speak for the law school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Ms Baker says the singer, who is well known across the Arab world for her songs about Palestinian heritage, was expressing a religious sentiment.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2023
The way she’d nudged me and lowered her voice had made it all too obvious she too was expressing some assumption, probably doing the rounds, about me being the “natural successor.”
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
