were augmenting
- past progressive of augment.
Example Sentences
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Kilpatrick after fighting some time longer without making much progress, fell back on account of the constant reinforcements that were augmenting the force opposed to him.
From Chancellorsville and Gettysburg Campaigns of the Civil War - VI by Doubleday, Abner
Their forces were augmenting every step they advanced.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter
On the whole, the king's forces were in the ascendant, and were augmenting; while plots and insurrections were constantly revealing to the parliamentarians the dangers which threatened them.
From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John
This was a means of persuading the ministry that the colonies were augmenting rapidly in population and prosperity.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Humboldt, Alexander von
In the meantime, the enemy were augmenting their forces on the island.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
