was graduating
- past progressive of graduate.
Example Sentences
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"Even when I was graduating, we were getting paid like crazy. And we were so arrogant that we would not even pick up calls from recruiters," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025
I grew up, went to college, never thought about food until really the year that I was graduating college.
From Salon ● Mar. 20, 2024
And at the Air Force Academy a few days ago, Mr. Biden joked that “when I was graduating from high school 300 years ago, I applied to the Naval Academy.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
At the time my son was graduating high school and was a star basketball player.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Between classes they’d heard the rumor that Charlie Peters, one of the oldest Messengers at the Institute, was graduating.
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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