was memorializing
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past progressiveof memorialize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
memorializeverb (used with object)to commemorate.
Example Sentences
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Corcoran's notes are an exception to the rule against hearsay, she added, saying he was memorializing his conversations and "didn't just make stuff up."
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2023
Recalled was their long personal antagonism which culminated fortnight ago when President Hoover spoke alone at Valley Forge while Governor Pinchot was memorializing his old idol Theodore Roosevelt at his Oyster Bay tomb.
From Time Magazine Archive
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