insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
was inserting
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past progressiveof insert.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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Perhaps, she says, she was inserting herself into that character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2024
“Young Jeanie wasn’t even allowed to be in the room and at the table yet, but was inserting her young ideas,” Field said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022
Arizona coach Kliff Kingsbury told reporters after the 24-21 loss that the star receiver was inserting himself back into the huddle while coaches were trying to keep him on the sideline.
From Fox News ● Oct. 29, 2021
Another common strategy was inserting small visual cells like thought bubbles, or ellipses, throughout his work.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 18, 2018
While she was inserting a plug and turning a crank—for Buckville's central switchboard was many years behind the times—he unceremoniously lifted the operator's head-set from her coiled hair and fitted it upon his own head.
From Sunlight Patch by Credo Fitch Harris
