save
verb (used with object)
to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss.
was saving
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past progressiveof save.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 priority" was "saving lives," she said, though she made no secret of her concern regarding "the immense natural disaster this is causing".
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
In that last 1994 thriller, Jean Reno was saving Natalie Portman from Gary Oldman.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
“When I said goodbye to this job, to this life of opulence and glitter, images and adoration, the quest to be desired, I was saving my life.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2025
But Iwan Rhys Evans, 23, from Morfa Nefyn said the initiative was saving communities.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2025
"I was saving my allowance for Hollywood Heather!"
From "Sleepover Sleuths: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1" by Carolyn Keene
