involve
verb (used with object)
was involving
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past progressiveof involve.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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Based on a podcast, and real people, it was involving, moving, sophisticated and operated in a realm of real ideas—qualities that too often separate American and British TV.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025
“The biggest opportunity was involving grandchildren in the journey,” Brenna Baucum, a certified financial planner with Collective Wealth Planning, said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2025
Theresa May shares a favourite story about how down-to-earth the Queen was, involving a picnic at Balmoral and dropped piece of cheese.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
Theresa May shares a favourite story about how down-to-earth the Queen was, involving a picnic at Balmoral and a dropped piece of cheese.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2022
Instead of being a mere matter between himself and Miss Sally, it was involving men and women, one after the other.
From Kilo : being the love story of Eliph' Hewlitt, book agent by Ellis Parker Butler
