blur
verb (used with object)
to obscure or sully (something) by smearing or with a smeary substance.
were blurring
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past progressiveof blur.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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Back then, the lines between cars and phones were blurring.
From Barron's ● Apr. 15, 2026
“I saw her as a keeper of time, which was important because the days were blurring into each other,” Horowitz said.
From New York Times ● Sep. 18, 2022
Artists as diverse as Eve Sonneman, Jan Groover, Lew Thomas, Judy Fiskin and Lewis Baltz were blurring traditional boundaries in different but Conceptually cogent ways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2021
Bennett’s exit came at a time when gender norms were blurring.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2016
Real tears were blurring her vision, and it was impossible to see where one rope started and another ended amid the complicated array of knots and loops.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
