birth
noun
an act or instance of being born.
were birthing
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past progressiveof birth.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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Yuste had been a frequent speaker at the conference, and the two men shared a conviction that scientists were birthing technologies powerful enough to disrupt the very notion of what it meant to be human.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
Some of these galaxies were birthing stars at a prodigious rate, more than 10 times as fast as the Milky Way, which is 10 to 100 times as big.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
Jordan plus Lee led to urban communities, and urban communities were birthing hip-hop, and hip-hop culture was on its way to becoming “the dominant subculture,” complete with Nikes as part of the dress code.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Warming to his topic, Morris began an extended rant about how destructive slavery was to the new nation they were birthing.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2021
