were commencing
- past progressive of commence.
Example Sentences
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But the story stops just as the ’70s were commencing —meaning his relationship with Carly Simon, whom he wed in 1972, is not a part of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 17, 2020
On Thursday, when it got about that the British Parliament had been called in special session, that Great Britain and France were commencing to mobilize in earnest, the German people began to sober down.
From Time Magazine Archive
Japanese wounded, brought all the way home from China, were commencing to arrive in trainloads at Tokyo.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latters’ patience was almost gone, and the more fiery spirits were commencing to obstruct their leader’s schemes by individual retaliation and occasionally purposeless aggression.
From The Cattle-Baron's Daughter by Bindloss, Harold
The Indians had taken away their dead and wounded; they were commencing to follow, but some of them remained in sight.
From Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters by Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand)
