was underlying
- past progressive of underlie.
Example Sentences
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You certainly want to look at what the study design was underlying, of there was even a study.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2022
Dr John Moriarty, from Queen's University's Centre for Evidence and Social Innovation said the obvious explanation for higher deaths in deprived areas was "underlying health conditions".
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2020
And there was, underlying everything else, the sense of himself as the indispensable man.
From US News ● Jul. 22, 2016
The cause for regressive encephalopathy in Hannah at age 19 months was underlying mitochondrial dysfunction, exacerbated by vaccine-induced fever and immune stimulation that exceeded metabolic energy reserves.
From Time ● May 31, 2013
I only say that I have penetrated through the obstacle of the disconnected expression, to the thought which was underlying it connectedly all the time.
From The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie
