reserve
verb (used with object)
to keep back or save for future use, disposal, treatment, etc.
were reserving
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past progressiveof reserve.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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Several clinic directors also said they worried that drug distributors were reserving the limited supply of the Pfizer shot for organizations that could pay full price.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2024
State police said they were reserving a phone line for witnesses and victims who have not reported their injuries to contact them.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2022
Legislative leaders said on Tuesday they were reserving judgment on the proposals.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2015
Jim Awad, Managing Director at Zephyr Management New York, said investors were reserving judgment until Nasdaq released more information.
From Reuters ● Feb. 6, 2011
It occurred to me that our men were reserving fire according to the Skobeleff plan.
From In the Track of the Troops by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
