culminate
verb (used without object)
to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in).
were culminating
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past progressiveof culminate.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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At the same time it must not be forgotten that during this period the art and culture of the Renaissance were culminating.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
Beth stole downstairs, bent on atoning in her own person by any sacrifice for all the sorrows, no matter by whom occasioned, which she felt were culminating in this final outburst of grief.
From The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius by Sarah Grand
It seemed to him that morning as if his life were culminating, as if he were destined to a joy of which he was scarcely worthy.
From Bella Donna A Novel by Robert Smythe Hichens
As the queen-mother drew near her end, and was lying ill at Blois, great events for France were culminating at the château.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 France and the Netherlands, Part 2 by Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
Meanwhile, events were culminating with terrible rapidity, and their threatening significance electrified the North.
From An Original Belle by Edward Payson Roe
