normalize
verb (used with object)
to make normal.
was normalizing
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past progressiveof normalize.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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Whenever I stared at my goldfish, I would hold one hand against my chest to feel if my heartbeat was normalizing.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 7, 2021
Squares and parks were occupied by government sympathizers with flags on Friday, and the circulation of traffic and people was normalizing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2021
Maxime Fiset, 30, a former neo-Nazi who now works in Quebec City for the Center for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence, said that talk radio was normalizing far-right ideas.
From New York Times ● Aug. 18, 2018
