mount
verb (used with object)
were mounting
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past progressiveof mount.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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Some time in the afternoon I popped open the app to see where people thought the Buckeyes were in the second half as they were mounting a comeback.
From Barron's ● Mar. 28, 2026
By the time of the second payment to Leonard, the bank’s financial woes were mounting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
Caseloads for social workers went from 26 to 30 and more, Hurley said, which can still be manageable except that shortages for other job categories were mounting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
After it emerged Mr Matheson had been warned by IT officials about the need to change his sim card almost a year in advance, questions were mounting.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2023
Now the hoodlums were mounting a last-ditch effort to get us out of school before May 29.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
