respect
noun
a particular, detail, or point (usually preceded byin ).
was respecting
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past progressiveof respect.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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Major General Itai Veruv, who was about to retire when he led the fight to take back the kibbutz, insisted that Israel was respecting its obligations under the laws of war.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2023
Mr. Rutledge said that he was respecting the embargo and would not say whether Georgia, which last year placed 29th, rose or fell in the rankings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
“I believed that I was respecting our audience by telling them the truth,” Fisher, who now works at CNN, testified in a deposition on the Dominion case.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The U.K. claimed its primary motivation was respecting the self-determination of the islanders, but valuable fishing rights and a seat at the table in the administration of the Antarctic were also at stake.
From Salon ● Nov. 19, 2022
The information, such as it was, respecting Mrs Hurtle, could only be given vivâ voce, and perhaps the invitation to Liverpool had originated in Mr Ramsbottom's appreciation of this fact.
From The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope
