invigorate
verb (used with object)
were invigorating
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past progressiveof invigorate.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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CTG’s collaboration with East West Players on the David Henry Hwang-Jeanine Tesori musical play “Soft Power” may have had a rocky birth at the Ahmanson, but the ambition and boldness were invigorating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2019
Fruitful writing days were invigorating, but the unproductive ones were devastating, making him irritable with friends and family.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
For Thomas M. Jackson Jr., a former Democratic delegate from Wythe County, those two power-sharing years were invigorating.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 25, 2017
Other Shostakovich items on the program were invigorating.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2017
She had chosen a stern country, but its stinging cold and boisterous winds were invigorating, and with pluck one could overcome its material obstacles.
From The Girl from Keller's by Harold Bindloss
