weaken
verb (used with object)
was weakening
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past progressiveof weaken.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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A labor market officials had feared was weakening instead held firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
The debate began in late 2025 when a group of astronomers published findings suggesting that evidence for dark energy, the mysterious phenomenon thought to drive the universe's accelerating expansion, was weakening.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 13, 2026
The central bank cut rates by 75 basis points over its last three meetings of the year because of concern that the labor market was weakening.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 22, 2026
"The fact that tariffs could disrupt that at the same time that there were signs that the US economy was weakening anyway .. is really fuelling recession fears," she says.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2025
Finally, in a sign that he was weakening, my father asked my mother, “What do they charge for a baptism these days?”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
