broaden
verb (used with or without object)
to become or make broad.
were broadening
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past progressiveof broaden.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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And we’ll be freed from a pair of long-standing proclivities — posting and doomscrolling — that could feel as burdensome as they were broadening.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Several board members pointed to increasing signs that price rises were broadening beyond cost-push factors with some predicting that inflation might remain elevated for a long time, the minutes showed.
From Reuters ● Dec. 23, 2022
Officials also said they were broadening access to the vaccines, which previously were limited to those with known monkeypox exposures.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 28, 2022
In the early ’90s, fashion industry observers noticed that men’s suits were broadening in the shoulders, widening in the lapels, and filling out in the chests.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2022
The villagers were slowly collecting from different quarters, and all faces were broadening into smiles, and all the somewhat indifferent sleepy tones becoming perceptibly brighter, and Gerald Wyndham's name was passed from lip to lip.
From A Life For a Love A Novel by L. T. Meade
