number
noun
a numeral or group of numerals.
was numbering
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past progressiveof number.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 there I was, numbering myself among them in the most unambiguous way possible.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2018
It opened clear on my comprehension that Helen Burns was numbering her last days in this world, and that she was going to be taken to the region of spirits, if such region there were.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
It opened clear on my comprehension that Helen Burns was numbering her last days in this world, and that she was going to be taken to the region of spirits, if such region there were.
From Jane Eyre by F. H. Townsend
Another enterprise of the intendant was numbering the people.
From The Great Intendant : A chronicle of Jean Talon in Canada, 1665-1672 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
Typist and stenographer, or secretary or translator in French and German and Rumanian" she was numbering off the occupations on her fingers as she listed them "or even governess, if there isn't anything else.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
