extort
was extorting
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past progressiveof extort.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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Bella Davis responded to actor Joel Kinnaman's claim that she was extorting him for money on social media.
From Fox News ● Aug. 7, 2021
Rain Dove said that whether Mr. Bennett was extorting money and whether he had been sexually assaulted were separate issues, and that all victims of crime deserve justice.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2018
It was the latest protest among businesses who for years have complained that Yelp was extorting them by raising or dropping ratings depending on whether they advertised with the Web's most popular review site.
From US News ● Oct. 13, 2014
Harish Kundu was extorting the expenses from his tenantry.
From The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore
Rumors in 1915 that the German government was extorting large sums of money from Sielcken brought denials from his associates here.
From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
