subject
noun
that which forms a basic matter of thought, discussion, investigation, etc..
were subjecting
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past progressiveof subject.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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Questions from MPs to the PM also focused on standards in public life, including whether ministers were subjecting themselves to scrutiny by answering questions in Parliament.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Ms. Warren told Politico she was concerned that law enforcement authorities were subjecting prisoners to such treatment in order to get them to cooperate.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
During his Senate confirmation hearings in 1991, for example, he charged that Anita Hill and her supporters were subjecting him to a "high-tech lynching."
From Time Magazine Archive
Between these fields was the forest, which Indians were subjecting to parallel changes.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
John III of Portugal—a religious prince—had long entertained the project of stretching the empire of the Church over those regions which his valiant and enterprising people were subjecting to his secular sway.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 by Rossiter Johnson
