harness
noun
the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal.
was harnessing
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past progressiveof harness.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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Just like the Monte Carlo experimenter, Klari was harnessing randomness towards her own ends.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 31, 2022
She was harnessing her semantic knowledge to devise plausible images, but each image was off.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 23, 2015
The Cocteau Twins' swan song was released just as a new generation of shoe-gazers buzzing on Robin Guthrie's blissful sheets of guitars was harnessing his ideas to travel deeper and louder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2014
The first hurdle was harnessing the money and passion to get the company back in the game.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2012
The problem was harnessing the power, sustaining it, and manipulating it for an assault on the nucleus.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
