spend
verb (used with object)
to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.).
was spending
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past progressiveof spend.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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Its stock sank last year to a five-year low after the company reported it was spending far more than expected on medical care for its members.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
But Zelensky told the Financial Times that around half of Ukraine's fleet was spending lengthy maintenance periods in Europe.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
Dave Neil, who runs Sinclair Haulage which serves Sanday, Stronsay and Eday in Orkney, said his business was spending £400 a week more on diesel than it was before the summer.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The city wasn’t doing its job, Stefanie Keenan had told me, so she was spending her own money to protect herself and neighbors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
I was spending more and more time in Louisiana, Florida, and Virginia, which together had close to 90 percent of the non-homicide cases.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
