stagnate
verb (used without object)
to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
was stagnating
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past progressiveof stagnate.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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"There was a period when I thought I was stagnating," he tells BBC Sport.
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2025
But eventually Rockward, like Dixon, felt that his efforts were not valued and that his career was stagnating.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 1, 2022
Molcan, meanwhile, was stagnating back in Bratislava, Slovakia, where he lived at the time.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
In his director’s commentary on the DVD, he says that he was stagnating as a director and wanted to get away from a version of television that he called “radio with faces.”
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2020
It is a year and a half since I was stagnating in the little glass office, to which Monsieur Mielvaque has been promoted, succeeding me.
From Light by Fitzwater Wray
