rescue
verb (used with object)
to free or deliver from confinement, danger, or difficulty: She rescued me from an awkward conversation.
was rescuing
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past progressiveof rescue.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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She was rescuing the Jewish people, but you might be called to something, and it doesn't align with what maybe your upbringing was or you're going to face backlash.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2023
Suharyanto, head of the National Agency for Disaster Management, said the priority was rescuing the injured and taking them for medical treatment.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2022
By the age of 15, I was rescuing dogs from the freeway in Mexico.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
By contrast Renault - which at the time was rescuing Nissan - took a 43% holding in its Japanese ally, giving the French a dominant role which has long been a point of contention.
From Reuters ● Oct. 10, 2022
All she’d been thinking of was rescuing Jack.
From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu
