inform
verb (used with object)
to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to.
were informing
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past progressiveof inform.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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“So under your own definition, you were informing to the FBI?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2025
Loudspeakers at the tram stop were informing passengers that no services were running due to a "major police incident".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2023
His business has taken an additional hit, he said, because some protesters stopped using ride-hailing services, suspecting the drivers were informing on them to security agencies.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 10, 2023
"As we were informing people about this clinic coming to their neighborhood, there were quite a few people that didn't know," Schanzenbach said.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022
The officers of the United States Army who believed that the insurgents were informing the Spaniards of the American movements were right.
From The Philippines: Past and Present (Volume 1 of 2) by Dean C. Worcester
