reveal
verb (used with object)
to make known; disclose; divulge.
was revealing
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past progressiveof reveal.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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But what he said that was revealing was that the bottom 5% of the $82 billion Blackstone Private Credit Fund was marked at 76 cents on the dollar.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 4, 2026
But the vice president’s intervention was revealing in another way.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Thiel’s recent silence as to whether the human race should endure was revealing.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2025
Sunglasses on, Mrs Pelicot was revealing herself in public for the very first time.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2024
What happened on the 200-acre Waller farm in northern Westchester County, New York, was revealing.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
