manage
verb (used with object)
to bring about or succeed in accomplishing, sometimes despite difficulty or hardship.
was managing
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past progressiveof manage.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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Owain Davies, 55, from west Wales, was managing director of engineering firm Amcanu, based in Burry Port, Carmarthenshire.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Somebody who was managing this temporal lobe epilepsy, but also somebody who works in humanitarian aid field in this moment of unprecedented attacks against our aid workers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Many of them eventually come back and say some version of, “I had no idea how hard your job was, managing all these crazy people.”
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
In spring 2025, when Kelly Monahan was managing director of Upwork’s research institute, the work marketplace generated digital humans for her and a colleague.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
Yes, despite its thimble-sized engine that sounded like a sewing machine, the Gremlin was managing to accelerate.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
