crest
noun
the highest part of a hill or mountain range; summit.
were cresting
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past progressiveof crest.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 January, worries were cresting that AI was going to quickly disrupt big software companies like Salesforce and ServiceNow.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
“We were cresting the fairway on 15. We thought it was a scoreboard or a grandstand,” said Sahith Theegala, who is playing in his first Masters.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
By 6 p.m. that evening, huge waves were cresting over Balboa Pier and flooding through Balboa Peninsula, an idyllic oceanfront community in Orange County barely above sea level.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 4, 2020
“All that gave us the feeling like we were cresting a beautiful wave,” Brock recalled.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2018
For, indeed, they were cresting a corner of London which is almost as precipitous as Edinburgh, if not quite so picturesque.
From The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
