levitate
verb (used without object)
to rise or float in the air, especially as a result of a supernatural power that overcomes gravity.
was levitating
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past progressiveof levitate.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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By the time “Hands” was done, I was levitating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2023
“We all felt it and knew this was going to be very cool. I felt like the truck was levitating at one point.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022
The Dow, having plunged last Monday, was levitating by Friday.
From Time Magazine Archive
