get
verb (used with object)
to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of.
were getting
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past progressiveof get.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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Not too long ago, Salesforce CRM -1.97%decrease; down pointing triangle and other corporate-software companies were getting punished by investors convinced that their expensive off-the-shelf products would soon be replaced with cheaper AI-concocted versions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
To build support for the bill, Bailey and his team contacted hundreds of local groups sending them the "secret files" which detailed activities councils were getting up to behind closed doors.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
I sent the editor a six-text blast explaining myself, as if I were getting ready for my own criminal trial.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
“We had no idea where we were getting it from,” she said of the new listeners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
“That was the first time they moved our marks accurately,” he notes, “because they were getting in on the trade themselves.”
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
