were persevering

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of persevere.
  persevere

  verb (used without object)

  to persist in anything undertaken; maintain a purpose in spite of difficulty, obstacles, or discouragement; continue steadfastly.

Example Sentences

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were persevering

Some few of the line hunters were persevering with the scent over the greasy ground.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees

"All these were persevering with one mind in prayer, with the women, and Mary the Mother of Jesus, and with His brethren."

From Mater Christi Meditations on Our Lady by Mother St. Paul

Still they were persevering in their search for more provisions, when old Jefferies’ voice summoned them hastily on deck.

From Adrift in a Boat by William Henry Giles Kingston

The incumbent of that benefice wrote me, several months later, that they were persevering, and setting a rare example in virtue.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 13 of 55 1604-1605 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of The Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

The Jacobite ladies were as fearless as they were persevering.

From Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I. by Mrs. Thomson

Related Words

• endure
• hold on
• keep going
• persist
• press on
• proceed
• pursue
• stand firm