navigate
verb (used with object)
to move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
was navigating
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past progressiveof navigate.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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At the same time as being evicted from her home, she was navigating changes in her identity and coming out as transgender.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Because while I wasn’t being wanted in film, I was navigating to TV and theater and and comedy and writing and finding other ways to keep realizing my capacity creatively.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
“I was navigating feelings of grief and shame in the wreckage, and in the wake of a very incendiary cultural moment,” Raicek said, referring to #MeToo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026
Carl Kneeshaw, from the ambulance service, said it was "navigating a difficult financial and operational landscape".
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2026
I wondered how Richard was navigating the turbulent waters between his normal wife and his abnormal parents.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
