recognize
verb (used with object)
to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc..
were recognizing
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past progressiveof recognize.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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“A snail will crawl up a 12-foot wall to find its mate,” he says admiringly, as if he were recognizing a kindred romantic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 16, 2022
That had become a part of the narrative we were recognizing.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
They don’t display the types of behaviors that we would expect if they were recognizing themselves.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2021
Finally, audiences were recognizing what the dancers had known all along: that flexing is an art form of true narrative potency.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2016
“Isn’t it about time you were recognizing me?” she said.
From The Literary World Seventh Reader by John Calvin Metcalf
