grade
noun
a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity.
were grading
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past progressiveof grade.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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“If we were grading them, I would give them an F-minus,” Schuman said.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2021
“If we were grading her on a report card, I would give her very low grades if not a failing grade,” he said by phone from Iowa.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019
It’s one thing to critique Coates’s writing or ideas and another to hint that the millions of readers who found meaning in his work were grading him on a curve.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 1, 2019
I wondered whether the critics were grading on a curve—whether the sandwich was deemed excellent only compared to the other players in the fast-food chicken market.
From Slate ● Aug. 22, 2019
Both were grading out among the best at their position leaguewide when they went down with injuries, and backups Zach Fulton and Cameron Erving have not been able to keep up their production.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 27, 2017
