were sabotaging
- past progressive of sabotage.
Example Sentences
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“From Hitler’s point of view, they were sabotaging, and therefore he hated them.”
From Washington Times ● Sep. 7, 2023
It suggested, he said, that there were “these other dark forces that were sabotaging our efforts to get these hostages free, and I just don’t buy that.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2023
The same dynamic existed in Iraq, he said: though it was opponents of the government who were sabotaging the electrical grid, many Iraqis blamed the U.S.-backed government for failing to restore it.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
However, the Gaineses were sabotaging her goal of reducing her sugar consumption.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 5, 2019
But the dominant worker and soldier did not believe them; it was firmly fixed in the popular mind that the employees were sabotaging, starving the Army, starving the people….
From Ten Days That Shook the World by Reed, John
