was fathering
- past progressive of father.
Example Sentences
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“If I was in a situation where I was fathering a child who was near a potential lifestyle like mine, I would be suggesting and making recommendations different to ones I received.”
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
But he had married without telling her, grown heavy, gone into business and was fathering a family.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be a rare case in which a clerk who valued his situation would refuse to take a few shares in an enterprise which the head of the firm was fathering.
From True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office by Train, Arthur Cheney
"Might tell the kids I got more," said Scattergood, and watched the boy trot down the street, entranced by the horrid sound he was fathering.
From Scattergood Baines by Kelland, Clarence Budington
