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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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
Kelsie Wood from the park said Lara and Bailey were "displaying all their nurturing instincts as they gently guide and play" with the pups.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2023
The newsboys were displaying the evening edition which was always covered with a page having that game’s scorecard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2023
We were displaying the white flag, but the first French sentries we met, young fellows of the Mobile Guard, refused for a little while to let us pass.
From My Days of Adventure The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
