hazard
noun
an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable.
were hazarding
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past progressiveof hazard.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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On board the Nautilus, anchored at a little distance, a group of sailors were hazarding a thousand conjectures about the destination of the Forward.
From The English at the North Pole Part I of the Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Verne, Jules
Don't you think it's well;" she asked deferentially, and under correction, if she were hazarding too much, "to see somebody besides Boston people sometimes—if they're nice?
From April Hopes by Howells, William Dean
