sensationalize
verb (used with object)
to make sensational.
were sensationalizing
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past progressiveof sensationalize.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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They were sensationalizing the fact that the average time 6-to-8-year-olds spent on homework went from eight minutes a day in 1981 to 22 minutes a day in 2003.
From Washington Post ● May 8, 2022
