were aging
- past progressive of age.
Example Sentences
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A large clinical trial suggests that taking a daily multivitamin could help slow biological aging in older adults, especially in people whose bodies were aging faster than expected at the start of the study.
From Science Daily ● May 14, 2026
Horse racing had a problem: Its fans were aging and it wasn’t attracting new ones.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Both sets of our parents were aging rapidly and reminding us of our own mortality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
At the same time, lawmakers had capped the agency’s administrative funding just as tens of millions of Baby Boomers were aging into retirement, exploding Social Security’s rolls.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2025
The occasion was an announcement of a program for children who were aging out of foster care.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
