foster
verb (used with object)
to promote the growth or development of; further; encourage.
was fostering
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past progressiveof foster.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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Then came the rescue that approved our application and passed it along to the person who was fostering the cats we wanted.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2024
Amnesty International said restricted access and a lack of independent monitoring was fostering harm, and called for a transparent investigation into the deaths.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023
She worked at a local school and was fostering two more children; she volunteered and cooked for community celebrations.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
But perhaps the walkouts’ greatest accomplishment was fostering in the Mexican American community a sense of possibility — the realization that a just cause sometimes requires speaking up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2018
Little she thought that she herself was fostering the birth of a resolve, in her boy's mind, which was some years later to cause her sore uneasiness as to his future.
From Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music by Charles Gounod
