range
noun
the extent to which or the limits between which variation is possible.
was ranging
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past progressiveof range.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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County rate was ranging from 3 percent to the highest, maybe 13, 15 percent.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2022
“It was ranging from somebody just staring into space, some people talking — and some people weeping,” he said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2020
I was ranging all over the place in this apartment complex that we lived in, just discovering everything.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2019
But baserunner Joey Gallo had been trying to steal second, and shortstop Andrelton Simmons was ranging over to cover the base.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2017
In a few minutes more the "Sudbury" was ranging tip alongside the schooner, though a full quarter of a mile away to windward.
From The Submarine Boys for the Flag Deeding Their Lives to Uncle Sam by Victor G. Durham
