mirror
noun
a reflecting surface, originally of polished metal but now usually of glass with a silvery, metallic, or amalgam backing.
was mirroring
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past progressiveof mirror.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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Shortly after filming the scenes, Dynevor was informed that her real life was mirroring that of her character's.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
“Unfortunately, a lot of what we were seeing firsthand was mirroring the themes of the picture.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2022
For the first time in 40 years, power was mirroring back to Friedrich von Hayek his own cherished self-image, a man who might vanquish Keynes and remake the world.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2017
Soon enough, I was mirroring, even amplifying, the same bullying, insecure and paranoid traits I had been railing against.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2017
Without knowing it, he was mirroring the smirk his mother had left his father with when she saw him on the couch years earlier.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
