attenuate
verb (used with object)
to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value.
were attenuating
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past progressiveof attenuate.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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But there were attenuating circumstances for their conduct.
From The Duchess of Berry and the Court of Charles X by Arthur Léon, baron Imbert de Saint-Amand
All these were "attenuating circumstances," and as such she accepted them; and the measure of her submission was filled up when she received a portrait of the little girl, painted by a native artist.
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
