merge
verb (used with object)
to cause to combine or coalesce; unite.
were merging
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past progressiveof merge.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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The dolphins continued their friendly behaviors through 2018, leading the team to suspect the two groups were merging.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 2, 2022
This was the seventies, a time when music genres were merging from all areas, fashion influenced music and music influenced fashion.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2021
The text is never out of her hands, she told me; I felt as if she were merging with it.
From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 2019
The sheriff’s office says the 43-year-old truck driver from Decatur apparently didn’t see construction vehicles with arrow boards that were merging traffic.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 8, 2018
This time she felt as though she were merging into the body of the woman who stood there.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
