appraise
verb (used with object)
to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess.
were appraising
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past progressiveof appraise.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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The subject is their father, sporting a pencil-thin mustache, his eyebrows cocked, as if he were appraising the carnitas coming out of the kitchen.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
The directors were appraising all the availables in Europe when they came upon a Russian exiled in Paris.
From Time Magazine Archive
Once he looked up at the gallery, and his scrutinising and defiant brown eyes remained for a long time upon Katharine's face, as if he too were appraising her beauty.
From The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court by Ford Madox Ford
When he looked up, Hovan's green eyes were appraising him.
From Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson
The old man read the letter and then looked Gordon over; he read it and looked him over again, much as if he were appraising a young steer.
From Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page
