tally
noun
an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
was tallying
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past progressiveof tally.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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Gonzalez had about 33% of the vote and Noboa was tallying 24% with more than 70% of ballot boxes counted.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
County peaked at 16,000 coronavirus cases a day; by Friday, it was tallying about 41,000 daily cases.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2022
“She’s fast,” one said, pointing to a woman at Table 113, who was tallying, stacking, and re-tallying with unusual speed.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2020
At its worst, the company was tallying quarterly sales losses in yogurt of more than 20 percent.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2018
At the other end of the fish hold another of the Ferrara boys was tallying in fish.
From Poor Man's Rock by Frank Tenney Johnson
