transform
verb (used with object)
to change in form, appearance, or structure; metamorphose.
was transforming
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past progressiveof transform.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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Its chair, Alan Lovell, acknowledged too many water bodies were "still not achieving the standards we want to see", adding that the agency was "transforming our enforcement work" with its largest ever workforce.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
After Burkle purchased Neverland, eagle-eyed onlookers noticed that construction had quickly started in and around the property, leading some to suggest that the billionaire was transforming the property into a new Soho House venue.
From MarketWatch ● May 5, 2026
While policymakers debated the wisdom of abandoning manufacturing, American identity was transforming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Just at that time, Owen’s List, a father-and-son project, was transforming into what Ridwell is now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2024
Alongside this new framework, the printing press was transforming the nature of intellectual communities, the knowledge they could exchange, and the attitude to authority and to evidence that came naturally to them.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
