sum
noun
the aggregate of two or more numbers, magnitudes, quantities, or particulars as determined by or as if by the mathematical process of addition.
were summing
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past progressiveof sum.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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The sandbag landed almost as an afterthought, as Shultz and Gorbachev were summing up their discussion.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before the verdict and while the lawyers and judge were summing up, most people felt that life imprisonment for Hauptmann would be sufficient, because of the circumstantial nature of the evidence.
From Time Magazine Archive
While they were summing up, Don Quixote, however, had only one thought in his mind.
From The Story of Don Quixote by Choate, Florence
He spoke the short sentences in a level voice, as though he were summing up the results of a business conference.
From The Reef by Wharton, Edith
Again he is reminded of a prophecy, or perhaps, rather, of many prophecies, for he uses the plural 'prophets,' as if he were summing up the tenor of more than one utterance.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander
