effect
noun
something that is produced by an agency or cause; result; consequence.
were effecting
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past progressiveof effect.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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The pangrams from yesterday’s Spelling Bee were effecting and infecting.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2023
“Not a big deal … We were effecting a lawful arrest.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
Now, during the very period that England was being wrested from the Celtic warriors, the Celtic missionaries were effecting the spiritual conquest of Ireland.
From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Philip Van Ness Myers
Her father was getting better; the open air treatment, the simple food, and the company of his friends were effecting the cure which the luxurious life in the heavily furnished chamber had failed to do.
From Light O' the Morning by L. T. Meade
Since 1878 they have gone forward with such accelerating speed that we have been unable to appreciate the significance of the revolution they were effecting.
From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Ramsay Muir
