taper
verb (used without object)
to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
were tapering
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past progressiveof taper.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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Those sources were tapering off from their peaks in Garcetti’s final years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
Koopman said leading U.S. indicators such as back-ups of ships at ports and prices of used cars were tapering and throughput at U.S. ports had picked up.
From Reuters ● Feb. 14, 2022
The other half believed they were tapering but got capsules that in fact maintained their regular dosage.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2018
Kate Atkinson wrote three well-received, somewhat experimental novels before 2000, one of which won Britain’s prestigious Whitbread Award, but her sales, particularly in the U.S., were tapering off.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2015
If it were tapering, the puzzle would be less easy.
From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney
