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

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

However, while two of the well-sinkers were persevering with their retriever, the other fellow drove off like fury to fetch Dan's sheep-dog; making sure that we would only have to follow him along the scent.

From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy

He gathered a handful of fern and tried to keep them at bay, but they were persevering and ubiquitous.

From The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story by Mrs. Charles Bryce

In front of the Leone a considerable number of loafers had assembled to see me off, and of these some half-dozen were persevering mendicants.

From By the Ionian Sea Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy by George Gissing

In Acts 2, 42 we are told that the disciples at Jerusalem were persevering "in the communication of the breaking of the bread."

From Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

Related Words

• endure
• hold on
• keep going
• persist