mass
noun
a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size.
was massing
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past progressiveof mass.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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General Oleksandr Syrskyi admitted Russian infantry was massing in the area and said he had visited the frontline himself for talks with key commanders.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
A fire had ignited high in the hills of Pacific Palisades, and smoke was massing over the bone-dry ridgeline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2025
When I first met him, with Rice, was when Turkey was massing its forces in Northern Iraq to invade Iraqi Kurdistan.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 19, 2019
Russia said on Monday that Nusra was massing around Aleppo ahead of a major offensive.
From Reuters ● Apr. 11, 2016
It required no acute mind to perceive that the Southern commander expected the main attack to be made here, and was massing his troops in force to receive it.
From The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
