commemorate
verb (used with object)
to serve as a memorial or reminder of.
were commemorating
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past progressiveof commemorate.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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In Selma, Alabama, a seminal site in the civil rights movement, residents were commemorating King as they recover from a deadly storm system that moved across the South last week.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2023
Sure, fans were commemorating the late country star, who died from complications of COVID-19, by spinning his early-’90s honky-tonk classic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2020
At the Feb. 8 protest Chan documented, some were commemorating a student’s death following a police operation, while others were protesting government plans to establish quarantine facilities for coronavirus patients in their neighborhood.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 29, 2020
On the day they visited, the people of the district were commemorating the first anniversary of the burial of their former paramount chief.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2014
His subject was peace, and, after referring to the Great Prince of Peace, whose birth they were commemorating, he passed on to speak about the peace of life.
From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody
