incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
was incurring
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past progressiveof incur.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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She came to a realization: “The traumas I was incurring being homeless overpowered the traumas that I came to the street with.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022
Kolfage and his associates said they would raise money and construct wall themselves at a tiny fraction of the cost Homeland Security was incurring.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 21, 2022
The government said running the airline was incurring losses of nearly $2.6m every day.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
The woman noticed that she was incurring fees for the added time but was denied a refund from Uber.
From The Verge ● Nov. 10, 2021
He could not bear to terrify his daughter by a full explanation of the danger she was incurring; he could not bear to delude her with false hope.
From A Stable for Nightmares or Weird Tales by Sir Charles L. (Charles Lawrence) Young
