stimulate
verb (used with object)
to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite.
were stimulating
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past progressiveof stimulate.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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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
During her life Voltaire's science of unbelief and Rousseau's appeal to nature and sentiment were stimulating Europe.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
