notify
verb (used with object)
to inform (someone) or give notice to.
were notifying
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past progressiveof notify.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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Merced County health officials said they were notifying people who may have been exposed as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2024
Salem Health and OHA said they were notifying health care facilities that had received transfer patients from Salem Health’s affected units.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 29, 2021
“During that time period, they were testing positive. They were notifying one another. And they didn’t notify us.”
From Fox News ● May 29, 2020
By late Friday, officials said they were notifying the families of those who had died, and would not yet release their names.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2019
He believed that the scouts were notifying their comrades that the country was free of foes.
From Three Sioux Scouts by Elmer Russell Gregor
