was governing

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of govern.
  govern

  verb (used with object)

  to rule over by right of authority.

Example Sentences

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was governing

A cynic might even suggest this was governing body the FIA's hope.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2022

A majority of those polled, or 61%, said they disapproved of the way Bolsonaro was governing Brazil, while 34% approved.

From Reuters ● Mar. 21, 2022

They were elected largely because people were unhappy with how the other side was governing.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2022

That pattern persisted; at the time of his killing, Moise was governing by decree.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2021

In short, everything was prepared with the efficient care and solicitude of the chief captain of Macan, Don Felipe Lobo, who was governing that city.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by James Alexander Robertson

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