were absorbing
- past progressive of absorb.
Example Sentences
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Energy markets then were absorbing the price shock from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
“That adds more to the global supply. They were absorbing some of that oversupply.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
But it’s his unboxing videos that are truly addicting, almost as if we, the viewer, were absorbing that surge of dopamine that comes from finally opening up something special we bought off the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2024
He could measure how much radiation they were absorbing using a spectrometer he built himself.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 9, 2023
He felt as though he were absorbing it, or it was absorbing him.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
