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
On the other hand, she added, nobody wants a return to the South Congress of yesteryear, when business was stagnating and people “were scared to come down at night.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
But eventually Rockward, like Dixon, felt that his efforts were not valued and that his career was stagnating.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 1, 2022
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
"And you?—you do not look as if life was stagnating here."
From Nobody by Warner, Susan
