interest
noun
the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something.
were interesting
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past progressiveof interest.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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"Aaron Bean is an avid iNaturalist user who opportunistically took some photos of a few plants that were interesting on the property."
From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026
We knew the people involved were interesting and we knew the spy genre wants to be snappy, where they say all the right things at the right time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2024
Those kind of things always were interesting to me.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
The lyrics were interesting and the structures were good, and it felt new, for sure.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
His father had been at least a little bit right: there were interesting things in the Pipeworks if you paid attention.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
