cement
noun
any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material.
were cementing
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past progressiveof cement.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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As Guo and Bannon were cementing their partnership in the New Federal State project, US authorities had begun investigating their business activities.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
This was in 1938, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the future Queen Mother, were cementing an alliance about to be put once again to the test in war.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2023
It was a time when the Communist Party and its leader, Mao Tse-tung, were cementing their grip on power after the country’s 1949 revolution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2019
While the two men were cementing their friendship after Mr. Cuccinelli’s election in 2009, Star Scientific sued Virginia over a $700,000 tax bill.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2013
Here at last, to his own knowledge, the words that were cementing his kinsman's doom were utterly and viciously false.
From The Tempering by Charles Neville Buck
