fabricate
verb (used with object)
to make by art or skill and labor; construct.
was fabricating
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past progressiveof fabricate.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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Tacopina took on Ephron in contentious cross-examination during his Nov. 8 testimony, suggesting with his questioning that Ephron was fabricating the incident for financial gain because he has also filed a civil lawsuit.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
Cole said she didn’t think the student was fabricating the story.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
That year he focused on one bet against a construction company called Home Solutions of America that he believed was fabricating contracts tied to reconstruction efforts after Hurricane Katrina.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2015
It claimed that Sino-Forest was fabricating lumber sales through a complex series of interrelated companies, including at least 20 corporations registered in the British Virgin Islands.
From New York Times ● Aug. 26, 2011
For at least a week no one concerned had the remotest idea that the child was fabricating.
From A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil by Jane Addams
