climb
verb (used without object)
to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only.
were climbing
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past progressiveof climb.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 mountaineers were climbing Broad Peak, the 12th-highest mountain in the world at 26,400 feet, part of the Karakoram mountain range.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
Meanwhile, memory and storage stocks were climbing Tuesday following Monday’s steep declines.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Brent crude futures jumped 9.6% to settle at $83.30 a barrel, the largest daily percentage gain since May 2020, when prices were climbing back from the Covid lockdown crash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Oil prices were climbing as tensions escalated in the Strait of Hormuz—and despite the International Energy Agency confirming a record release of emergency oil reserves.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The gigantic powder-blue carriage in which they had arrived had been parked two hundred yards from Hagrid’s front door, and the students were climbing back inside it.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
