hear
verb (used with object)
to perceive by the ear.
were hearing
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past progressiveof hear.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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Because you were hearing for a while from teachers with film students who couldn’t sit through a movie.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
"We were hearing more and more from our subscribers at the Philharmonic and the Chamber Music Society that they weren't renewing their subscriptions because of dementia, as their family members were impacted," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
This would be more persuasive if we were hearing it for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
They then repeated it with their eyes open while looking at a blank screen, followed by viewing a still image related to the sound, and finally watching a video that matched what they were hearing.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 2026
The noise that Penzias and Wilson were hearing was, of course, the noise that Gamow had postulated.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
