heal
verb (used with object)
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
was healing
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past progressiveof heal.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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He returned to Vietnam years later on a trip that his daughter, Angelina Bigelow, said was healing for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Scotty's rib is an unusual exception, preserving delicate structures that provide a glimpse of what was happening inside the dinosaur's body while the injury was healing.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
He said that he was healing but it has been an "extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye."
From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024
“And then it hit me how God was healing a woman right over here,” Murillo said.
From Slate ● Sep. 25, 2024
She was healing emotionally as well as physically.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
