redouble
verb (used with object)
to double; make twice as great.
were redoubling
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past progressiveof redouble.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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Amid a cold snap that has gripped the Korean Peninsula this week, the North’s state media reported on Thursday that health authorities were redoubling their efforts to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, including influenza.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2023
He added that speech and language therapy was recognised as a shortage profession in the UK and they were redoubling their efforts to recruit new staff, including Welsh speaking therapists.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2022
While Mozeliak was conceding, his players and coaches — some of whom were also in attendance at the dinner, and a few of whom also gave speeches — were redoubling their resolve.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2011
A law graduate, O'Neill's nose for evidence was telling him Villa were becoming dis-investors just at the point where City and Spurs were redoubling their efforts to break up the cartel.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 9, 2010
She thanked him with a very grateful look, then hurried away, for the tiny fists were redoubling their blows upon the door, while the baby voice called more and more clamorously for "sister Elsie."
From Elsie's Girlhood A Sequel to "Elsie Dinsmore" and "Elsie's Holidays at Roselands" by Martha Finley
