checkmate
were checkmating
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past progressiveof checkmate.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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You were checkmating your miserable accomplices unquestionably—but it was for your own ends!
From Doors of the Night by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
And the thought that we were checkmating that scoundrel Clowes did not bate the pleasure.
From Janice Meredith by Ford, Paul Leicester
