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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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
Mr Patten, from the building contractors Rooff, said his team were exposing the ground, lifting the flagstones in the church, when they uncovered an entry to what looked like a tomb.
From BBC ● Apr. 16, 2017
They knew the peril to which Running Fox and his companions were exposing themselves, and they had grave fears for their safety.
From Spotted Deer by Elmer Gregor
