evince
verb (used with object)
to show clearly; make evident or manifest; prove.
were evincing
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past progressiveof evince.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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At this point in his reverie he looked through his bars at three of the circus-goers who were evincing peculiar interest in him.
From Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear by Charles Copeland
This, "kind of separate and independent people," had now in fact and in reality appeared, and were evincing a most decided inclination to "set up for themselves" on the king's domain.
From The Land of the Miamis An Account of the Struggle to Secure Possession of the North-West from the End of the Revolution until 1812 by Elmore Barce
Julio was drawn out of these pessimistic reflections by the childish glee which many of the convalescents were evincing.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
