influence
noun
the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others.
was influencing
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past progressiveof influence.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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Media scholars began to wonder whether a “CNN effect” was influencing government policy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2026
In other words, some other form of matter besides what we could observe was influencing their gravitational pull.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2024
Ahead of the election, a large majority of Dominican voters said that the upheaval in Haiti was influencing how they would vote.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2024
Instead, the real change he brought about was influencing and emboldening a new generation of ambitious politicians in the wider European political arena.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
It appeared the outward index of some consolatory thought freshly conceived; and its continuance proved that it was influencing him to take a different view of the Mormon’s proposal.
From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Mayne Reid
