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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Long-term Treasury yields were climbing again on Wednesday.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
"As we were climbing up, we could hear what felt like explosions," she said, giving only one name.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices were climbing Tuesday after an analyst upgraded the stock and highlighted the company’s strength over competitors in the booming market for server central processing units.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
Kids were climbing fences and scaling fire escapes of strangers’ houses, just to see what they could see.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
