monopolize
verb (used with object)
to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
were monopolizing
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past progressiveof monopolize.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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At a time when Americans were monopolizing London taxis, Giles cartooned an American plane which had just crashed into a German house.
From Time Magazine Archive
What are you envying them?" asked Agnes, as she shook hands with you,—"that they were monopolizing you?
From The Story of an Untold Love by Paul Leicester Ford
Italy had not yet intervened in the war, but her defensive precautions were monopolizing all naval industries.
From Mare Nostrum (Our Sea) A Novel by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
At the same time, reports of the near completion of Ouroboros II were monopolizing the newscasts, to distract public attention from what was happening at Force Command.
From The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
He gave very little thought to the matter at the time, for Judge Knowles' letter and its astounding proposition were monopolizing his mental machinery.
From Fair Harbor by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
