enrich
verb (used with object)
to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc..
were enriching
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past progressiveof enrich.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 False Claims Act dates back to 1863, when Congress, fearful that people who were supplying the Union Army were enriching themselves by defrauding the government, enacted it.
From Salon ● May 20, 2025
I think we were enriching each other just from the jump from our Zoom meetings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2025
Eventually she tried to give them things to do that were enriching.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 29, 2015
The operation began in tandem with the now-famous Stuxnet attack that sabotaged Iran's nuclear program in 2009 and 2010 by destroying a thousand or more centrifuges that were enriching uranium.
From Reuters ● May 29, 2015
Even in these enlightened times, many have lived in obscurity, while their reputation was widely spread, and have perished in poverty, while their works were enriching the booksellers.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli
