become
verb (used without object)
to come, change, or grow to be (as specified).
were becoming
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past progressiveof become.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 revised timeline resolves the apparent contradiction and places the incident during an important period in technological history, when electrical communication systems were becoming increasingly widespread.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Chief executive Alan Le Maistre said green spaces were becoming "ever more precious" and protecting them was particularly important in densely developed parts of the island.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Yasaman Bakhtiar, 27, and Leah Marcus, 26, founded Good Girl Snacks in 2023 when they noticed “pickles were becoming to Gen Z what avocado was to millennials,” Bakhtiar said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo arrived in the early 1990s, when those opportunities were becoming severely limited.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The desert nights were cold, and were becoming darker and darker as the phases of the moon passed.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
