expose
verb (used with object)
to lay open to danger, attack, harm, etc..
were exposing
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past progressiveof expose.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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His critics say his decision to threaten some journalists with libel writs, when they were exposing information about him, was outrageous.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2023
In a speech to the Human Rights Council following a trip to Ukraine last week, Turk said that Russian strikes were exposing millions of people to "extreme hardship".
From Reuters ● Dec. 15, 2022
But we saw starkly how we treated the people we called essential, how we were exposing them to this deadly disease.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2021
But we also recognized that grocery-store employees, transit operators, agricultural workers and many others were exposing themselves to danger to help feed, protect and serve the rest of us.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2020
It was extraordinarily difficult for me to part from my husband and the elder children who were exposing themselves to many dangers.
From Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy by Sophie Andreevna Tolstoy
