nurture
verb (used with object)
to feed and protect.
was nurturing
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past progressiveof nurture.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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A sports scientist named Martin Erikstad had heard about a place that was nurturing talent while keeping everyone happy, so he set out to understand Bryne’s secrets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
She added: “In secret I was nurturing the ambition of finding an activity with some connections to the musical style I had recently fallen for.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 12, 2024
Cheap credit was nurturing a dangerous dependence on easy money that could end in disaster.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2020
You write in your book: “While France was nurturing Ben Arfa, Germany was training Philipp Lahm and Spain Andrés Iniesta.”
From The Guardian ● Oct. 28, 2015
How little he guessed that she was nurturing in her heart any sentiment likely to turn her father's love to a fierce anger, of which she had not supposed him capable!
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by H. B. Paull
