inoculate
verb (used with object)
to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
was inoculating
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past progressiveof inoculate.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 had a way of making young writers feel OK about rejection, like she was inoculating us with resilience.
From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Through “lots of investigating,” she found a hospital that was inoculating health-care workers and made an appointment by phone.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 2, 2021
At the time, he was inoculating himself against any insinuation that he felt he should be handed the presidency.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2016
Simultaneously Dr. Wright, as a member of the India Plague Commission, was inoculating 3,000 soldiers in India.
From Time Magazine Archive
