tax
noun
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
were taxing
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past progressiveof tax.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 physical seizures were taxing on my wife, because she’s the one that had to watch me and take care of me,” Morgan said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2023
"We normally complain that it's too cold," he said, but even wearing shorts and a shirt were taxing!
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2022
They were taxing us and were increasing the taxes.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2020
The exercises were taxing, although the subjects took frequent breaks.
From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2015
I did not feel as if I were taxing his courtesy, and soon I recovered my self-possession and talked naturally: my spirits rose, and my natural self-assertion returned to me.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 by Various
