administer
verb (used with object)
to manage (affairs, a government, etc.); have executive charge of.
were administering
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past progressiveof administer.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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In the years after the housing crash, Ocwen and its competitors grew rapidly, as big banks auctioned off the loans they were administering amid costly new regulations.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
Health authorities were administering booster shots to the public on Wednesday, with more vaccine booster doses to arrive from Australia and New Zealand.
From Reuters ● Feb. 2, 2022
Providers were administering about 837,000 shots a day late last week, and Mr. Biden said the most recent seven-day total was the highest since early July.
From New York Times ● Aug. 23, 2021
Over the week of April 4 to 10, for example, providers were administering roughly 251,000 first doses per day, on average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
The lady seems to be on familiar terms with the dentist, whom she addresses in a mild, soothing tone, as if she were administering words of comfort to a sick person.
From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman
