gauge
verb (used with object)
to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
were gauging
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past progressiveof gauge.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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He said they were gauging evidence of the local appetite with a questionnaire so they could then potentially apply for funding.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2023
“But we’d been there so many times, and there was no urgency for anyone to get off the water at that time. We were watching it. We were gauging it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
Both sides were gauging whether it was worthwhile for the two men, who have not met in person since Mr. Biden won the election, to try and defuse the worst of the tensions.
From New York Times ● Jul. 13, 2022
Investors unnerved by the fallout from heavily indebted Chinese real estate company Evergrande were gauging the potential for a wider shakeout after a selloff hit stocks around the world.
From Reuters ● Sep. 20, 2021
They were gauging their voices with the closest precision.
From The Seventh Man by Max Brand
