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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HBO said in March of 2024 that it was freeing the cast up to pursue other opportunities while Levinson continued to work on the third season.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
This may come as a shock to fans, but for Parker it was freeing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 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
Rowan unsheathed his sword and stalked forward, feeling the hunger, living in the moment, just as Goddard had said, and allowing himself to feel that hunger was freeing in a way Rowan couldn’t describe.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
