further
adverb
at or to a greater distance; farther.
were furthering
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past progressiveof further.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 the '20s, when the company began to fret that its papers were furthering its image as a monopolist, it toned them down, tried to shape the news more by selecting than slanting or denouncing.
From Time Magazine Archive
They’d poured themselves into their jobs because they believed thoroughly in the causes they were furthering.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
But a glance at Bridge's set face convinced him that the new ally meant what he said, and he knew too much already for the safety of the scheme unless he were furthering it.
From The Short Line War by Merwin-Webster
The boats that furrowed the Mediterranean, merchant vessels as well as battleships, were furthering the great military operation that was developing opposite Gallipoli.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
Possibly he was not to quit it at all, except according to events; but merely had leave given him to join a party in arms, who were furthering Ippolito's own objects.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Torquato Tasso
