requisition
noun
the act of requiring or demanding.
were requisitioning
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past progressiveof requisition.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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The authorities were requisitioning their farmland for development.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 24, 2010
The 400 soldiers of the Fifth and Sixth California National Guard were requisitioning.
From Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror by Richard Linthicum
The Italian military authorities were requisitioning all bread, and issued some to us.
From With British Guns in Italy A Tribute to Italian Achievement by Hugh Dalton, Baron Dalton
