necessitate
verb (used with object)
to make necessary or unavoidable.
was necessitating
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past progressiveof necessitate.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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"And Madame de Nevers?" queried the coroner, as if the turn of events was necessitating a complete reconstruction of his theory of the case.
From The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
"And Madame de Nevers? "queried the coroner, as if the turn of events was necessitating a complete reconstruction of his theory of the case.
From The Poisoned Pen by Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve
