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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Having tried chemotherapy, standard immunotherapy and surgery, costs were mounting and Conyngham wanted more options.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 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
By 2021, other pressures were mounting on JLR, not least the introduction of increasingly stringent environmental rules in the UK and the EU.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024
Trying to figure out how the Houthis were targeting ships, General Donovan soon realized the Houthis were mounting off-the-shelf radars on vehicles on the shore and moving them around.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024
Nat pointed to the ship where men were mounting guns.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
