readjust
verb (used with object)
to adjust again or anew; rearrange.
was readjusting
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past progressiveof readjust.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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Instead, he was worried about Lucy, his Shiba Inu, who was readjusting after surgery for an illness that necessitated removing her eyes.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2020
Little by little the U.S. was readjusting its war machine, converting itself toward peace.
From Time Magazine Archive
She knew that the web was readjusting itself.
From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum
He had untied the lace and was readjusting it.
From The Silent Barrier by Louis Tracy
He began, at first unconsciously, to plan for going away, while, consciously, he deceived himself by thinking that he was readjusting himself to his own widened niche in the wall!
From At the Crossroads by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
