hear
verb (used with object)
to perceive by the ear.
was hearing
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past progressiveof hear.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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Calibrated hydrophones allowed the researchers to measure sound levels at different locations, making it possible to determine what each shark was hearing at the moment it reacted.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
The words coming out of the car speakers were hers, written some two decades before, but she was hearing them delivered by Whitney Houston for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
She didn’t intend to call him out specifically or to be gender-specific, but she wanted to tap into the feeling she was hearing about from readers.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
However, one thing that both women found difficult to deal with was hearing the character references that had been given to the court before the judge sentenced Lloyd-Lavery.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Poseidon’s voice was so loud I wasn’t sure if I was hearing it from the smoke image or from all the way across town.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
