push
verb (used with object)
to press upon or against (a person or thing).
were pushing
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past progressiveof push.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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U.S. yields were pushing higher along with global yields on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026
A new generation of individual investors discovered the markets during the post-Covid rally, and by early 2021 many amateur traders were pushing into more complicated, and often riskier, bets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
They were pushing the antithesis of the intimate learning style my literary program had once promoted.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Officials said winds were pushing wildfires near Madrid to the south, away from the capital for now, but forcing more evacuations of villages in their path.
From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026
Veteran demigods from the city had joined the battle, and were pushing their shield wall against an onslaught of wild centaurs.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
