save
verb (used with object)
to rescue from danger or possible harm, injury, or loss.
were saving
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past progressiveof save.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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On average, from 1953 to 2019, the 10% highest-earning households were saving approximately 21.1% of their income — 10 to 20 percentage points higher than the bottom 90%, they found.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 11, 2025
In the second quarter of this year, eurozone households were saving 15.4% of their income.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Ferrari were saving them for Q3 - but he didn't get there because he wasn't fast enough on the softs to make it through Q2.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025
Throughout the three seasons of the show, did you feel like you were saving the trip to Mexico for a big moment, or did you ever consider doing it as a regular episode?
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2024
"I thought we were saving for a house."
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
