dissipate
verb (used with object)
to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
were dissipating
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past progressiveof dissipate.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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Southwest on Monday after unleashing record-breaking downpours overnight, but there were no deaths reported in the United States and fears of widespread damage were dissipating.
From Reuters ● Aug. 21, 2023
As of around 12:15 p.m., all lanes of I-66 had reopened, and delays were dissipating.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2021
Dark clouds that had brought small amounts of rain were dissipating, replaced by a clearing sky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
His artistic labours and his art invention were dissipating the grey matter of his brain.
From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by David Christie Murray
It was high time to check his excesses and renounce those pursuits which were dissipating his reserve of strength!
From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
