interpose
verb (used with object)
to place between; cause to intervene.
were interposing
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past progressiveof interpose.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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It almost seemed that viewless influences were interposing to save the stranger's treasures from profanation.
From Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 by Various
