procreate
verb (used with object)
to beget or generate (offspring).
were procreating
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past progressiveof procreate.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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This was a dumb hypothesis that could easily be ignored except that it arrived on the heels of two more serious-minded reports about whether cooped-up couples were procreating during the pandemic.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 29, 2021
