radiate
verb (used without object)
to extend, spread, or move like rays or radii from a center.
were radiating
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past progressiveof radiate.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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In one such spot, he said, “new cracks were radiating from the originally repaired cracks.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 26, 2021
The labor pains were radiating from deep in her gut, like pliers twisting her insides.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 24, 2016
It looked as if the light were radiating from inside him, as if he had swallowed a fistful of emeralds.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 25, 2011
No wonder Eminem looked genuinely stunned when he later won for 'The Recovery' – he was probably still coming down from all the adrenaline he and Dre were radiating.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2011
Arcot had thrown more power into the coils this time, so the stars ahead of them instead of appearing violet were almost invisible; they were radiating in the ultra-violet now.
From Islands of Space by John Wood Campbell
