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 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
Jackson said the swelling has since resolved and that the wound was healing properly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2024
"It was like a wound re-opening. A large wound that was healing slowly but has re-opened again," she says, reflecting on more than a decade of civil war.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
She was healing emotionally as well as physically.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
