was meaning
- past progressive of mean.
Example Sentences
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"I never thought, 'One day I'm going to sell my trademark to Tesla'. If I was meaning to sell it to them, I would have bought just the word Tesla," he said.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2024
There was meaning in that metaphor, but I was simply too tired to pull it together.
From Slate ● May 28, 2022
“No one tore down a statue to Queen Victoria or Neptune. This wasn’t mindless violence. It was minded, intentional. It was focused on Colston. There was meaning and purpose.”
From The Guardian ● Jun. 13, 2020
“I don’t like losing. Let my emotions get the most of me. But obviously, we want to come out and win the next game. That’s what I was meaning to say.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2020
She was acting like I could understand what she was meaning on the back side of her words!
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
