accrue
verb (used without object)
to happen or result as a natural growth, addition, etc.
were accruing
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past progressiveof accrue.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 the time many of these rising talents were accruing debt in graduate writing programs, the dream of a sustainable career in the nonprofit theater had already gasped its last breath.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were accruing and uncaring.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2022
