abort
verb (used without object)
to bring forth a fetus from the uterus before the fetus is viable; miscarry.
were aborting
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past progressiveof abort.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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By March, many of the mares were aborting their foals.
From Time Magazine Archive
I concluded that the shorter stamens were aborting, and that the pollen was not good.
From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin
