inject
verb (used with object)
to force (a fluid) into a passage, cavity, or tissue.
was injecting
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past progressiveof inject.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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Over the past two decades, the stock market has done better during QT periods than when the Fed was injecting liquidity into the markets — also known as quantitative easing, or QE.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2025
His task, he says, was injecting contemporary ideas about queerness into a period piece.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Adams announced last month he was injecting more police officers into the system, not only having officers riding trains but having other neighborhood patrol officers spend more time in stations and on platforms.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
“This was a clear scam, this fellow was looking for money, just a common criminal...we suspect he was injecting people with water because it’s colourless, odourless and not dangerous,” Dr. Warren Naamara told Reuters.
From Reuters ● Jul. 1, 2021
The deception was for his benefit—he was withholding information because patients might have refused to participate in his study if they’d known what he was injecting.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
