overturn
verb (used with object)
were overturning
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past progressiveof overturn.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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Now, though, societal attitudes toward “transgenderalism,” as Ms. Nimmons calls it, were shifting so rapidly that many health plans were overturning their long-held exclusions of transition-related care.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2015
They collected in droves, and, attracted by the straw, made furious rushes upon what few tents there were, overturning and demolishing them.
From The Downfall by E. P. Robins
However, be they precious or worthless works, the people were overturning them and throwing them out upon the pavement that night.
From Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century by Giuseppe Garibaldi
Fragments were up-ended, masses were rearing themselves edgewise into the air, were overturning and collapsing.
From The Iron Trail by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Stage-coaches were upsetting in all directions, horses were bolting, boats were overturning, and boilers were bursting.
From The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
