insure
verb (used with object)
to guarantee against loss or harm.
was insuring
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past progressiveof insure.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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Tokio Marine was insuring the wood pellets, which were owned by Fram Renewable Fuels of Hazlehurst and awaiting shipment.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
Rex Frazier, president of the Personal Insurance Federation of California, likened the situation to an auto insurer thinking it was insuring stable, 50-year-old drivers.
From Reuters ● Dec. 5, 2019
Kidney failure would seem to be one of those disastrous "unexpected illnesses" that Pat thought he was insuring himself against.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 1984, Los Angeles-based Leland O'Brien Rubinstein was insuring hundreds of millions in assets.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a number of reasons, Gene Park was a likely candidate, and so he decided to examine these loans that AIG FP was insuring a bit more closely.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
