bond
noun
something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.
were bonding
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past progressiveof bond.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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Sreenivasan asked Metzl whether there was a particular identity that such white voters were "bonding into," and Metzl responded:
From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022
He previously told the court Leiland-James struggled to settle after moving into their home in August 2020 and they did not feel they were bonding with him.
From BBC ● May 13, 2022
We were bonding at last, but under the saddest circumstances.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2019
“We were bonding over our IBS issues and our anxiety,” Konkle says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2019
For the next year, social workers made regular home and school visits to make sure we were bonding properly.
From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles
