was inaugurating
- past progressive of inaugurate.
Example Sentences
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His band, U2, was inaugurating Sphere, a hyperstimulating new performance venue in which the whole exterior is a screen, and essentially the whole interior as well.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2023
About this same time the Paris Review was inaugurating its celebrated “Writers at Work” interviews.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2016
The police in Frankfurt used tear gas today against demonstrators outside the European Central Bank, which was inaugurating its new headquarters.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2015
Chief of the Secret Police Nazem Kazzar said he was inaugurating a new "research center" near Baghdad, and he wondered if two of Iraq's major officials would like to attend.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before such a prohibition could be issued time must be allowed, he felt, for the permeation to the recesses of the palace of the liberal principles he was inaugurating.
From Rulers of India: Akbar by Malleson, George Bruce
