restrict
verb (used with object)
to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
were restricting
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past progressiveof restrict.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 Department for Education said about 97% of schools were restricting phone use in some way, with many head teachers now exercising their right to implement complete bans.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2025
Over the first year, participants who were restricting caloric intake lost weight, and they lost telomeres more rapidly than the control group.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2024
Governments were restricting movement, businesses were closing, and the way of living that many were used to was screeching to a halt.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
The company alleged that allergists who decried UAS practices were restricting the market and limiting patient access to allergen immunotherapy.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2023
For all I know to the contrary, though, they were restricting their ordinary patrons to the ordained quantities and making an exception in the case of our people.
From Eating in Two or Three Languages by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
