inform
verb (used with object)
to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to.
was informing
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past progressiveof inform.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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Separately on Thursday, Novo Nordisk said it had identified a cybersecurity incident in which some nonpublic data, including personal information, were copied externally without authorization and that it was informing affected parties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
And how all of that mayhem and mischief and joy that was going on beyond the camera was informing what was in front of the camera.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2025
"If she was informing then she would have had handlers who would have known she was missing and could have stepped in to save her."
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2024
By 2016, the office began receiving the first complaints that wildfire risk was informing underwriting decisions.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Sarah was ministering to the Daltons at the very time when her father was informing against old Condy, and was present when the police took him away in custody.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 02 — Fiction by Arthur Mee
