was simulating

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of simulate.
  simulate

  verb (used with object)

  to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like).

Example Sentences

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was simulating

The latter play came on the first snap of a drill in which the offense was simulating a two-minute situation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023

Ty understood that he didn't know the kind of war he was simulating in the game.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

But here if was, simulating all shapes, even those of animated creatures, with the art of a mocking bird,—and simulating all in a material pure as amber, though more varied in color.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 by Various

He looked at Danvers, who was simulating sleep, with his dark lashes fallen over red eyelids, and he shook his head.

From Stories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play by Octave Thanet

Sharkey, with that diabolical cunning and audacity which were among his main characteristics, was simulating the part which Craddock would himself have played had he come back victorious.

From The Green Flag by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Related Words

• affect
• mimic
• replicate
• reproduce
• resemble