label
noun
a slip of paper, cloth, or other material, marked or inscribed, for attachment to something to indicate its manufacturer, nature, ownership, destination, etc..
was labeling
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past progressiveof label.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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One example, said Hentze, was labeling the modernization of public hospitals as investment whereas much of this money was going into operating costs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026
Now he was labeling them for community members who might speak English, Hawaiian, Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Tongan or Samoan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
Supartono said that many artists felt the German media was labeling Documenta as antisemitic without discussion.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2022
Lorri Martin, who works at the Walker Country Store, said she was labeling items when the quake hit so she stood in the bathroom doorway.
From Fox News ● Jul. 9, 2021
She never even took the time to get to know me—and yet she was labeling me.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
