incur
verb (used with object)
to come into or acquire (some consequence, usually undesirable or injurious).
were incurring
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past progressiveof incur.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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The oil ministry acknowledged Thursday that government‑owned fuel companies were incurring losses but denied that a price hike was imminent.
From Barron's ● Apr. 26, 2026
Suddenly, Wall Street was less enamored with the heavy losses media companies industrywide were incurring to build their own streaming services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Those surging sales helped offset the costs retailers were incurring to upgrade their stores with plexiglass barriers and provide masks and hand sanitizer to workers.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2020
Kilmartin is seeking to force the companies to pay for damages associated with climate change, citing the costs taxpayers were incurring to repair roads and bridges and rebuild coastal structures.
From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2018
By such bungling Morier knew that we were incurring enmity on both sides and lowering our reputation for courage as well as for statesmanship.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by George Henry Blore
