free
adjective
enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery.
was freeing
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past progressiveof free.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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After 30 tapless days, it was freeing to swipe again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said the approach was freeing up specialists' time to focus on surgery.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2025
The Palestinian militant group said in a statement that in an agreement with the Qatari government, it was freeing a mother and daughter for humanitarian reasons.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
In the end, Panjabi says there was a feeling of resolution that was freeing.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2023
I wondered whether he thought making a will was foolish at his age—or maybe it was freeing more slaves that he thought was foolish.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
