display
verb (used with object)
to show or exhibit; make visible.
were displaying
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past progressiveof display.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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But it also elicited backlash from a camp who did not think the pair were displaying proper mastery of, or reverence for, flamenco history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
That’s because many companies leverage Google’s application programming interfaces so that they don’t have to develop their own expensive mapping software, and the Google APIs were displaying “Lake America.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
All three sites were displaying error messages or failing to load.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
Two other officers were also affected but not taken to hospital, while some residents were "displaying symptoms".
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2023
He was at this moment before Cadiz, carrying on a siege in which either the Spanish were displaying great courage or the French but little heart.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
