enact
verb (used with object)
to make into an act or statute.
were enacting
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past progressiveof enact.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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Whether it was an intended metaphor or not, the Kraken were enacting some payback on the visitors for what’s been a tortuous start of sorts to this regional showdown.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
These feminists were enacting a profound form of rehabilitative practice.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 1, 2018
In other words, they were enacting the Peruvian rules in Kentucky.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2016
Whether or not they intended to, RIP trolls were enacting a grotesque pantomime of precisely the corporate logic that transforms tragedy into a business opportunity.
From Slate ● May 21, 2015
While these scenes were enacting in the city, the palace was shrouded in the deepest gloom.
From Sketches of Aboriginal Life American Tableaux, No. 1 by V. V. Vide
