see
verb (used with object)
to perceive with the eyes; look at.
were seeing
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past progressiveof see.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 other players couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Around the time Corriveau and Corley were seeing traction with the early iteration of their dual restaurant-and-arcade concept, a cultural phenomenon rose in nascent techno and house scenes of cities from Detroit to Ibiza: raves.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
Other hyperscaler stocks were seeing weakness as well on Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
Barnett suggested people were seeing less difference in price between a takeaway and ingredients than they did before.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2026
Maybe that was the only way of keeping our hopes alive, by looking beyond all we were seeing around us, and the shadow of disaster that hung over us.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
