merit
noun
claim to respect and praise; excellence; worth.
was meriting
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past progressiveof merit.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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Our play was meriting more goals but we didn't get them.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2012
It occurred to Siegmund that he was meriting the old gibe of the atheists.
From The Trespasser by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
