eclipse
were eclipsing
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past progressiveof eclipse.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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"It’s not exactly clear when it got out of hand, but at some point fees were eclipsing the cost of the actual food, especially in New York, the largest market for delivery apps"
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2024
He still believed the systems were inferior to the human brain in some ways but he thought they were eclipsing human intelligence in others.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
To some within the community, élite Latin-American interests were eclipsing the institution’s homegrown mission.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 13, 2019
And when the Japanese were eclipsing the U.S. economy through the keiretsu, large affiliated industrial companies working hand in hand with government—until Japan’s Lost Decade became two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2018
Finally, at the beginning of October, 1851, the wonderful finds at Mount Alexander, a spur of the Macedon range to the north of Melbourne, were eclipsing all previous discoveries.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
