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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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
The sandbag landed almost as an afterthought, as Shultz and Gorbachev were summing up their discussion.
From Time Magazine Archive
About him the Webb men were summing up the votes needed to bring in their leader.
From The Voice of the People by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow
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 Alexander Maclaren
Having seen the school-master depart, they were summing up particulars of the event, and indulging in predictions of his future.
From Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
