boycott
verb (used with object)
to combine in abstaining from, or preventing dealings with, as a means of intimidation or coercion.
were boycotting
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past progressiveof boycott.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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In Dallas, Carrie Hanna was hurt to discover that friends she thought were boycotting the camp are, in fact, sending their daughters this summer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
At the time, film and TV writers were boycotting major studios and fighting for fair compensation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
But 29-year-old model Jeffrey Kissubi told the BBC that MFW was just "one of the fashion bodies within the industry" that he and his colleagues were boycotting.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2023
Seven months ago, dozens of elite law schools and medical schools announced that they were boycotting the U.S.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2023
On a morning in December 1955, word reached Durham that blacks in Montgomery, Alabama, were boycotting the city’s segregated bus system.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
