miss
verb (used with object)
to fail to hit or strike.
was missing
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past progressiveof miss.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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So after reading what felt like the hundredth article declaring that my generation had abandoned alcohol, nightlife and socializing altogether, I started wondering whether I was missing something.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A stadium takes the coarse block and, for a few hours, forces the finer sort my model said was missing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A 10-year NHS study led by Imperial College London followed nearly 3,500 men who received the therapy, providing long-term data that medical regulators had previously said was missing.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
Merced Communications Center received a report that Javier Becerril was missing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Every mutant, they noted, was missing a single metabolic function, corresponding to the activity of a single protein enzyme.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
