gather
verb (used with object)
to bring together into one group, collection, or place.
was gathering
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past progressiveof gather.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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As she was gathering her thoughts, Sen. Tim Scott jumped in to say: “I think it’d be helpful for us to talk about the issues of tomorrow and not yesterday.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
The charge of the maroon cavalry was gathering pace.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
Kalmaegi was gathering strength on Thursday as it headed towards neighbouring Vietnam, where fear was mounting that the typhoon could compound the damage of a week of flooding that has already claimed 47 lives.
From Barron's ● Nov. 6, 2025
When Black Lives Matter protests broke out in 2020, Williams wrote that he was gathering medical supplies for local protestors.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
The field was gathering, and the space around them compressed.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
