relate
verb (used with object)
to tell; give an account of (an event, circumstance, etc.).
was relating
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past progressiveof relate.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 charging sheet notes only that the information was "relating to national defence".
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
“And so I think the themes of this woman sort of realizing she’s in a life that she didn’t quite recognize or maybe even entirely want — I was relating to those themes. ‘
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 6, 2023
I placed my hand on an egg-screen, like I was relating, but had no sense of what held the egg-screen in place or how stupidly heavy each weighed.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
Marshall said that the Bandidos “wanted to get this cleared up,” according to the Cossack, who was relating what he said Reeves told him.
From Washington Post ● May 23, 2015
He was relating the entire history of his life to an audience who knew it already.
From "1984" by George Orwell
