qualify
verb (used with object)
to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent.
were qualifying
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past progressiveof qualify.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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Many borrowers found out after making what they thought were qualifying payments that they weren’t on track to get rid of their debt.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Krumpe: They were so convinced they were qualifying for the World Cup, they got all their artists to record World Cup songs, and were playing them on the radio.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2015
At the time, Joey Dunlop was the TT Formula One motorcycling champion and Billy Bingham's Northern Ireland were qualifying for a second successive World Cup finals.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2015
The Detroit Pistons, meanwhile, were qualifying for postseason play for the first time since 1968.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some were studying for the medical profession, some for commercial pursuits; others were qualifying as teachers, and some few as pastors.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
