mention
verb (used with object)
to refer briefly to; name, specify, or speak of.
were mentioning
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past progressiveof mention.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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“We were mentioning the three cats, and then we said, who knows, maybe in the future a child of our own,” Mr. Fassi recalled, his eyes welling.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
By 2012, though, upbeat reports were mentioning his “active and insightful participation” in counseling.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2019
Peter Balakian: You know, I think you hit on something just a moment ago, Kevin, when you were mentioning your remarks to your students.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 20, 2019
People were mentioning vacations in expensive resort communities, both in the United States and Europe.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2015
According to the older natives, they got into those log storage-houses you were mentioning; only about one out of three in any village survived.
From Oomphel in the Sky by H. Beam Piper
