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
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
A 10-minute drive from Annaberg-Buchholz, Constanze Albrecht was injecting a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine into the arm of a 67-year-old man.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021
Among his top priorities was injecting some fun into the long-suffering program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
He was injecting the veins and arteries of small dogfish with color mass.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
