displace
verb (used with object)
to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
were displacing
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past progressiveof displace.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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No. But like the books it makes clear the well-founded fear that settlers had about the Native Americans around them, and the oblivious attitude of the pioneers toward the people they were displacing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
The units on the first floor were vented into the ceiling, meaning they were displacing heat into the second floor.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
“We found over 40 percent of e-scooter trips were displacing single-occupancy vehicle trips,” he told me.
From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2020
The people moving to Red Hook – “the new people”, he said – were displacing his customers, who could no longer afford their rent.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
Cast-iron ploughs, of home make, were displacing the old ones of wood.
From History of the United States, Volume 2 by Elisha Benjamin Andrews
