blight
were blighting
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past progressiveof blight.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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Det Ch Supt Mark Kameen said organised crime groups were "blighting the lives of decent, law-abiding members of the community".
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022
The Home Government, and an imported Governor, were blighting to their vital energies.
From The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth by Timothy Templeton
They were blighting symbols of this soul-breaking existence in a land of abandoned farms where Opportunity never came.
From Destiny by Charles Neville Buck
His tongue, pen, logic, sarcasm—all were blighting as a sirocco wind.
From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by L. Carroll Judson
