segregate
verb (used with object)
to separate or set apart from others or from the main body or group; isolate.
were segregating
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past progressiveof segregate.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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It wasn’t just booksellers that were segregating Alexander’s love stories.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 4, 2019
The empire had decomposed into kingdoms; the kingdoms were segregating into lordships.
From The Story of Paris by Katherine Kimball
