exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
were exacting
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past progressiveof exact.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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They were exacting editors, and the parallels to relationships I’d had with fiction editors led to a lightbulb moment: I was still a creative person, but I was using my creative energy in different ways.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Kris Bowers says his parents were exacting, and expected intense discipline in music studies and a high bar at school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
But African-Americans in the state capital, Montgomery, were exacting a heavy economic toll on the city by boycotting buses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2018
A few times, he felt as if math problems were exacting too much from his brain, and he excused himself from class.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
He had little chance of private conversation with her, for the children were exacting in their demands; but their intimacy rapidly increased, as was only natural under the circumstances.
From More about Pixie by William H. C. Groome
