thicken
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become thick or thicker.
was thickening
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past progressiveof thicken.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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At the beginning of this, when I was listening to you tell your story my throat was thickening up, but my throat’s clear now.
From Slate ● Mar. 6, 2021
By the time she hit Shasta Lake on Interstate 5 about 2:30 p.m., ice was thickening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2019
The smoke was thickening; visibility was almost nil; his lungs were stinging.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2016
Along with four soldiers they picked up the president, carried him down the stairs and out onto 10th Street, where the agitated crowd was thickening.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2015
Standing in the freezing mound that was thickening around his numb feet, Jonas opened his own tunic, held Gabriel to his bare chest, and tied the tom and dirty blanket around them both.
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
