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 was tallying 33% support, with almost 40% of ballot boxes counted, at about 8:30 pm local time, according to figures from the National Electoral Council.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
Another former league MVP in Breanna Stewart was tallying each day Griner was detained through her social media feeds.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 8, 2022
In races Tuesday for a full Senate term and to complete the remainder of his current one, he was tallying roughly 54%.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Still, that is far fewer than last winter’s surge, when California was tallying 550 deaths a day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2021
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
