accomplish
verb (used with object)
to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish.
were accomplishing
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past progressiveof accomplish.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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The recent flurry of activity pales in comparison to what unions were accomplishing in their 1950s heyday and the decades following.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
We were accomplishing some really great things together.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 21, 2023
"There were multiple levels to what we were accomplishing," Matland said.
From Fox News ● Sep. 26, 2021
Then his home phone would ring at 10 p.m., “and he would be Uncle Dave, and he would talk about what we were accomplishing, how great this was going to be,” Welts said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2020
“It was hard to believe we were accomplishing anything at all,” he said.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
