multiply
verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
was multiplying
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past progressiveof multiply.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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Bogotá’s population was multiplying with Colombians fleeing violence or seeking opportunity.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2024
Smartphones with cameras, social media, Facebook, Twitter, Google Earth, Google street view, YouTube – the digital world was multiplying at an astonishing rate.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 23, 2020
People were listening, and their number was multiplying.
From Time Magazine Archive
Watching the cell-damage effect, the Harvard researchers could see that the virus was multiplying.
From Time Magazine Archive
The numbers flashed in Jessie's brain so fast, she didn't even need to think about what she was multiplying and dividing and adding.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
