modify
verb (used with object)
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend.
were modifying
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past progressiveof modify.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 company was using traditional technology, and employees were modifying some of those third-party devices.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2021
Two additional labs were using VSV for coronavirus vaccines, and nearly 50 others were modifying other viruses — adenovirus, measles, flu — for their Trojan horses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2020
Before the government launched its program, lenders were modifying loans in ways that sometimes raised a borrower's mortgage payment, she said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2010
There's no use calling it by a softer name; but I submit that there were modifying circumstances which may appeal to you.
From The Vision of Elijah Berl by Frank Lewis Nason
