amend
verb (used with object)
to alter, modify, rephrase, or add to or subtract from (a motion, bill, constitution, etc.) by formal procedure.
were amending
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past progressiveof amend.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 letter, the suit says, university officials were amending their investigation to include a May 8 protest she had attended in which urged students to violate university policies, among other allegations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026
In 1882, with the exception of the Tramways Act, nearly all the measures passed were amending Acts.
From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland
