lengthen
verb (used with object)
to make longer; make greater in length.
was lengthening
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past progressiveof lengthen.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 signature idea was lengthening Chicago’s school day by thirty per cent—controversial because he proposed to compensate teachers only two per cent more for the extra work.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2015
Outside Arles on that midsummer day, Labelle, a talented photographer himself, was lengthening the legs of a tripod.
From Washington Post
But that did not change the fact that last week 200,000 of West Berlin's 2,500,000 people were out of jobs, or that the list of business bankruptcies was lengthening.
From Time Magazine Archive
By last week, with the regular season still a fortnight away, the casualty list was lengthening into the roster of an all-pro team in traction.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tropical afternoon was lengthening the shadows on the hot, weary earth, the abode of obscure desires, of extravagant hopes, of unimaginable terrors.
From 'Twixt Land and Sea by Joseph Conrad
