rehabilitate
verb (used with object)
to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like.
was rehabilitating
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past progressiveof rehabilitate.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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He was rehabilitating from that setback when he announced last March that he had suffered a ruptured Achilles tendon.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
After spending the last four seasons with Minnesota, including 2018 when he was rehabilitating from Tommy John surgery, Pineda will start for the Tigers at Target Field.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2022
He was rehabilitating on the Pistons’ injured reserve list at the time but couldn’t sit idly by, he said, while his people suffered.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2018
Freshman outside linebacker K’Lavon Chaisson started early this season while top pass rusher Arden Key was rehabilitating from shoulder surgery.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2017
Stroman might have been an ace, but he was rehabilitating his knee injury at Duke University and working to get his bachelor’s degree.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2015
