highlight
verb (used with object)
to emphasize or make prominent.
were highlighting
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past progressiveof highlight.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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By contrast, more than 77% of adult women of childbearing age in the general Scottish population were, highlighting a disturbing vaccine hesitancy among the pregnant that is mirrored in many places around the world.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 14, 2022
The demonstrators were highlighting the prospect of a bleak Christmas season without the hundreds of pantomimes usually staged across the U.K.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 30, 2020
But not all congressional Democrats facing tough re-election battles were highlighting the issue.
From Reuters ● Sep. 25, 2019
Both, it was argued, were highlighting policy matters, and both denied any racial intent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2017
Even before the Paris and Brussels assaults, cases like the one in Strasbourg were highlighting the difficult choices posed by European citizens coming home from Syria.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2016
