amass
verb (used with object)
to gather for oneself; collect as one's own.
were amassing
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past progressiveof amass.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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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday the United States had seen no indications that Hezbollah militants were amassing on the border to potentially attack Israel.
From Reuters ● Oct. 16, 2023
For the first 13 years that they were amassing works, he and his wife tried to remain anonymous, naming the Leiden Collection after Rembrandt’s birthplace, rather than after themselves.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
While Russian troops were amassing on the border, Razom’s board decided that in the event of an invasion, it would focus on medical assistance.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
The world seemed to have lurched and changed, and people were amassing in protest marches, but I was at home caring for someone whose hobbies were nursing every two hours and screaming.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2022
Yet the men who thus drove virtuous women to despair were amassing large fortunes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various
