wage
noun
Often wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
was waging
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past progressiveof wage.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 landscape is dotted with ruins of 19th-century fortresses and munitions dumps, from a time when Japan was waging war on China and Russia.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
While Karadzic was the ideologue and Milosevic the wily politician, Mladic was the soldier and his metier was waging war.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Jolie countersued, stating Pitt was "waging a vindictive war against" her.
From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2024
But for the programme team, this was a battle like few others - and it was a government-owned institution that was waging the war.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
North Vietnam’s ruler, Ho Chi Minh, was waging war to unite the country under one government—his.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
