were stimulating
- past progressive of stimulate.
Example Sentences
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Montreux was slightly less so and felt like a “one-man show,” while Lollapalooza and Outside Lands were stimulating.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
By using low prices as a selling point, platforms and merchants were stimulating "low-level" consumption, which was in not in line with China's goals to achieve high-quality development, it added.
From Reuters ● Nov. 12, 2021
These four were stimulating to interview because the conversation flicked back and forth so easily between the technical and the recreational.
From Forbes ● Sep. 9, 2013
All lived well, never got tired, had a glorious time, stimulated and were stimulating.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They were always ready to start some important subject, and their remarks were stimulating and instructive.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by Kennedy, James