reckon
verb (used with object)
to count, compute, or calculate, as in number or amount.
were reckoning
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past progressiveof reckon.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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While Americans were reckoning with sky-high gas prices at the pump last year, the country's biggest oil giant was raking in more money than ever.
From Salon ● Feb. 2, 2023
It was the first weekend in over a year with almost no coronavirus restrictions, and D.C.’s businesses were reckoning with how to keep their employees and customers safe.
From Washington Post ● May 22, 2021
On nearby Crocker Street, John Gunn and Margaret Wiley were reckoning Wednesday with the wet mess in their side-by-side tents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2019
But for once the seriba people were reckoning without their host.
From Ismailia by Sir Samuel White Baker
But we were reckoning without our host—or rather, without the second stranger, whom we had been altogether too busy to give a thought to.
From A Pirate of the Caribbees by C.J. de Lacy
