enumerate
verb (used with object)
to mention separately as if in counting; name one by one; specify, as in a list.
were enumerating
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past progressiveof enumerate.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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When he delivers speeches, he’ll often jab his finger at the lectern, as though he were enumerating the plagues at Passover.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 12, 2015
"I thought I heard Mrs. West and yourself speaking of the religious aspects of the country, and that you were enumerating the articles of faith."
From Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 by Henry Morford
By the way, was there not something that you were about to add when you were enumerating the items of your ship’s cargo?”
From The Cruise of the Nonsuch Buccaneer by John Williamson
