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
Ambrose was numbering dog's-eared pages with a rubber stamp and would not admit that he had been insulted by the state committee.
From The Landloper by Holman Day
He knew not what occupied her eyes or thoughts,—fancied, may-be, that she was numbering the books of the library, or engaged in some equally diverting occupation.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 13, November, 1858 by Various
