parole
was paroling
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past progressiveof parole.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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By the time the bill became law in July 2014, the Mississippi Parole Board was paroling more offenders and had already reduced the prison population by about 2,000 inmates.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2019
When we returned, we found a large squad of rebs having come in, and they were corralled near the church where General Judah was paroling them.
From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd
