lessen
verb (used without object)
to become less.
were lessening
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past progressiveof lessen.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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He was told his Guild activities were lessening his value at the AP and finally, Oct.
From Time Magazine Archive
The strange sensations within me were lessening, or I forgot them.
From Astounding Stories, March, 1931 by Various
But they faced their task with the knowledge that with every moment of delay in procuring food their chances of escape from that land of ruin were lessening.
From The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills by Ridgwell Cullum
If at times she failed to follow his elucidations, or grew sleepy reading aloud from some well-thumbed classic, it was not because her admiration and respect for her husband were lessening.
From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice
Halsey had been gone since the Friday night before, and with the passage of each day I felt that his chances were lessening.
From The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
