gift
noun
something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
was gifting
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past progressiveof gift.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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“I thought that was so special. The quilt came full circle: This woman was gifting one of her first quilts to someone she didn’t even know.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Groff was gifting Paul Henry with “strong breezes for all sailing races.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
The Warhol Foundation’s first big philanthropic gesture was gifting thousands of prime works to establish the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the artist’s hometown.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 5, 2015
Ashur-uballit, king of Ashur, once wrote intimating to Akhenaton that he was gifting him horses and chariots and a jewel seal.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
