reward
noun
a sum of money offered for the detection or capture of a criminal, the recovery of lost or stolen property, etc.
were rewarding
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past progressiveof reward.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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Tyger Campbell continually got the roll on tough jumpers, as if the basketball gods were rewarding him for all those years of toil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
“Investors were rewarding growth companies over the past several years,” said RBC Capital Markets managing director Rishi Jaluria.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Bowie kept moving, even if not all his explorations were rewarding; his 1990s band Tin Machine produced some unlistenable noise.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 11, 2016
And the performances, if you made adjustments for the acoustical resonance, were rewarding in ways that matter.
From New York Times ● May 27, 2014
The efforts were rewarding, of course, but, added to the farmer's already overloaded day, the recordkeeping could be burdensome.
From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor
