afford
verb (used with object)
to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect.
were affording
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past progressiveof afford.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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Envy would make use of any means whatever to win back the friend or the admirer whose transferred attentions were affording pleasure to another.
From The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends by An English Lady
But to the Rebel leaders the times were affording opportunities for grand schemes, and for the execution of movements most startling.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier
Tory was seeing pictures at this moment which were affording her the deepest pleasure.
From The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest by Margaret Vandercook
She was reading a letter, and to judge by her brilliantly expressive countenance, its contents were affording a good deal of exercise for her emotions.
From Mrs. Fitz by J. C. Snaith
The French had seized a large number of American vessels, on the pretense that they were affording aid to England.
From Outline of Universal History by George Park Fisher
