limit
noun
the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of vision.
were limiting
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past progressiveof limit.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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Instead of modifying the delivery system, they investigated whether the cells themselves were limiting uptake.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 20, 2026
“We were limiting them really well in that moment. So it just gave them a lot of belief,” Long said of the own goal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2024
The ombudsman also questioned whether Commission officials were limiting their interactions with the tobacco industry only to those that were "strictly necessary."
From Reuters ● Apr. 18, 2023
Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the electric automaker’s factories in Austin and Berlin as “money furnaces” that were losing billions of dollars because supply chain breakdowns were limiting the number of cars they can produce.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
Finally, in former times New Guinea’s available root crops were limiting for calories as well as for protein, because they do not grow well at the high elevations where many New Guineans live today.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
