were enduring
- past progressive of endure.
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday, swathes of other areas, including the central hub of Nagoya and communities near Tokyo in the east, were enduring temperatures approaching or exceeding 40C.
From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026
How did you figure out what to show of what you were enduring?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
The sight of modern-day legend George North being carried off injured in his final international appearance and forlorn young captain Dafydd Jenkins bravely fronting up in a television interview were enduring images.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024
U.N. officials previously said that one in four Gazans were enduring famine-like levels of starvation.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
I have read numerous criticisms of your acts, most of them coming to the one conclusion—that you could not during your stay here undergo mentally what other prisoners were enduring.
From Within Prison Walls being a narrative during a week of voluntary confinement in the state prison at Auburn, New York by Osborne, Thomas Mott
