regard
verb (used with object)
to look upon or think of with a particular feeling.
were regarding
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past progressiveof regard.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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Another wrote via email: "The idea of withholding further donations to the school was posed as a question, and was asked what the groups thoughts were regarding the idea."
From Fox News ● Jul. 2, 2021
Peter Clarke, chief inspector of prisons, said the "main concerns at the closed site were regarding issues of safety and respect".
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2017
His only concerns were regarding his timing and the physicality of his opponents — things that couldn’t be adequately simulated outside of a game.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 17, 2016
Prosecutors also say Morrissey was recorded suggesting that the teen tell police the “graphic texts” were regarding “some other boy.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2014
And since the failure of the witches’ spell to stop his bleeding, he thought they were regarding him with fear, too, as if he was marked by some curse greater than their own powers.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
