square
noun
a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
were squaring
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past progressiveof square.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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Arguably the NBA’s two best teams were squaring off in a season opener, yet buzz was an impossibility.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2020
On this particular breezy July night, the hometown Yokohama BayStars were squaring off against the visiting Chunichi Dragons—an ordinary game between two teams that were having so-so seasons.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2018
In late September, two high school football teams in the Salt Lake City suburbs were squaring off when cheers erupted.
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2017
But the reporters never came, because they were squaring off with Lions coach Wayne Fontes.
From Time ● Nov. 26, 2014
More and more the public consciousness and conviction were squaring with Mr. Lincoln's oracular words in respect that the Union could not "endure permanently half slave and half free."
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Archibald Henry Grimké
