quadruple
adjective
fourfold; consisting of four parts.
was quadrupling
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past progressiveof quadruple.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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Governing body the FIA said on Thursday it was quadrupling the maximum fine stewards can impose from 250,000 euros.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
It announced last week that it was quadrupling its contribution to the gulf effort to $4 billion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Suleiman, my special zaptieh, said that the khanji was quadrupling the charges, and wanted me not to pay him anything.
From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird
From the growing greatness of the surplus products of the immense Valley, this was quadrupling annually.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
