cave
noun
a hollow in the earth, especially one opening more or less horizontally into a hill, mountain, etc.
were caving
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past progressiveof cave.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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The walls were caving in on Alex Murdaugh.
From New York Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
Nominating someone else would have looked as if he were caving in to pressure—something Trump doesn’t like to do.
From Slate ● Dec. 13, 2016
Hearing this, Faurot says she felt like the walls were caving in around her.
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2016
In the end, stung by accounts that they were caving in to Erhard, the Free Democrats chose to save face by quitting the Cabinet and taking their 49 seats in the Bundestag along with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
I couldn’t stop shaking, and my limbs felt like they were caving in on themselves.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
