predominate
verb (used without object)
to be the stronger or leading element or force.
were predominating
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past progressiveof predominate.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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Whilst the revolutionary historians, aided by public events, were predominating in France, the conservatives competed obscurely, and at first without success.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis
The richer bronzed colors of the oak were predominating in the landscape, and only the apple, cherry, and willow trees about the house kept up the green suggestion of summer.
From Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe
The white hairs were predominating in his beard, she had never noticed before how old he was getting.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Israel Zangwill
