electrify
verb (used with object)
to charge with or subject to electricity; apply electricity to.
were electrifying
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past progressiveof electrify.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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Those last few games at T-Mobile Park last year, when a playoff berth was still a possibility, were electrifying.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
Student Rosa Gomez says the protests last year were electrifying, "an overwhelming sense of support".
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2021
Their technique and focus were terrific, and in works predicated on intensity and contrast — Widmann’s fractured crosstalk, say, or Iannis Xenakis’s vehemently folkloric “Dhipli Zyia” — the results were electrifying.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 22, 2020
With Pogba probing behind, Mbappe and Dembele were electrifying and astutely combined for Dembele’s winning goal.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 14, 2017
Liyana felt a charge of enthusiasm as if such a dopey conversation were electrifying her.
From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye
