punctuate
verb (used with object)
to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
was punctuating
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past progressiveof punctuate.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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The difficulty was to time the lines exactly to the turns and simultaneously to a dance step with which she was punctuating her words.
From Time Magazine Archive
Somewhere on a neighboring thoroughfare a scissors-grinder was punctuating the silence with the musical ding—dang—dong of bells.
From The Turner Twins by Ralph Henry Barbour
