experiment
noun
a test, trial, or tentative procedure; an act or operation for the purpose of discovering something unknown or of testing a principle, supposition, etc..
were experimenting
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past progressiveof experiment.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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Other developers were experimenting with a sauce spray that could spread out flavors more evenly, and a new type of bowl for Taco Bell’s pricier Cantina line, with slow-roasted chicken, corn and a fiery sauce.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 22, 2025
By that point, numerous cities around the country were experimenting with Shoup’s ideas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
Whatever its evolutionary affinities, these spiny arachnids appear to come from a time when arachnids were experimenting with a range of different body plans.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
But I wasn’t necessarily beholden to anyone, for publication or whatever, a record label or anything like that, so I was able to freely experiment at the same time as the bands were experimenting.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
We repeated this process until we were certain that, numerically at least, all the animals with which the doctors were experimenting were accounted for.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
