form
noun
external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration.
were forming
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past progressiveof form.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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Cracks were forming in the labor market, and inflation was rising.
From Barron's ● Dec. 12, 2025
Los Angeles County Museum of Art management on Wednesday declined to voluntarily recognize the union its employees announced they were forming last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
Not long ago, it seemed that Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Neil Gorsuch were forming a part-time alliance.
From Slate ● Jun. 23, 2025
This process is thought to have been quite common in the early Universe, during the period when most spheroids were forming.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2024
He joined one of the secret resistance groups that were forming all over Norway.
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
