multiply
verb (used with object)
to make many or manifold; increase the number, quantity, etc., of.
were multiplying
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past progressiveof multiply.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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Swonk argued that the "hawks" at the Fed -- those policymakers who consider it appropriate to raise interest rates to combat high prices -- were multiplying.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Within hours, copies were multiplying, leading to a game of cat-and-mouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 1, 2026
Across the region and state, reports of damage and rescues were multiplying.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2024
With this chapter’s new vocabulary, you can say you were multiplying a binomial, x − 3 , by a monomial, 2.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 22, 2020
I thought about the seals that were multiplying off Cape Cod and how if I ever saw them hanging around the beach, I would stay out of the water.
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
