maintain
verb (used with object)
were maintaining
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past progressiveof maintain.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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Still, executives said they were maintaining strong underwriting standards and managing risks surrounding the AI boom.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
They also had smaller nucleoli and better-preserved nuclear architecture, both signs that the cells were maintaining a healthier internal structure.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 24, 2026
We were maintaining households on both sides of the Atlantic, an expensive proposition.
From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2025
Zaluzhniy said Ukrainian forces around Kupiansk were "maintaining their defence in the most difficult of conditions".
From Reuters ● Oct. 19, 2023
Bolivar, a native of Caracas, had been brought up in Europe, but, stirred by the news of the struggle that his countrymen were maintaining, he went out in 1810 to join Miranda in Venezuela.
From With Cochrane the Dauntless by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
