coalesce
verb (used without object)
to grow together or into one body.
were coalescing
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past progressiveof coalesce.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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It was at Ferus that Bengston began to flourish, making a name for himself in the heady days when Pop art and Abstract Expressionism were coalescing into something new, edgy and unexpected.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2022
Obama noted that Reid encouraged him to run for president in 2008, at a time when few thought he could win and many other Democrats were coalescing around Hillary Clinton.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022
The network became a place where many direct services were coalescing — like shopping and delivering food for neighbors, checking in on the elderly, helping people navigate health care or insurance information.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2021
It was hard for me to tell whether folks were coalescing around one thing.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2021
When he looked back again the figures of the men were coalescing with the surrounding gloom, the fires were streaky, blurred patches of light.
From The Lone Star Ranger, a romance of the border by Zane Grey
