appoint
verb (used with object)
to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate.
were appointing
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past progressiveof appoint.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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Police were appointing a special investigations team, Saheb told reporters, adding that strict action would be taken against those involved.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2023
Redfield started the job Monday, less than a week after U.S. officials announced they were appointing him the CDC director.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
The hope in summer 2016 was United were appointing the Mourinho of Real Madrid’s 2011-12 record-breaking La Liga champions or his first Chelsea side.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2018
Later Lagaillarde was summoned by two generals and a batch of colonels to a nearby barracks and told they were appointing him co-director of a Committee of National Safety.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were appointing the spokesman, and they were framing the speech which he would make to David telling of their devotion to him, whether the spirit was gone or remained.
From The Garden of Eden by Brand, Max
