treat
verb (used with object)
to act or behave toward (a person) in some specified way.
were treating
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past progressiveof treat.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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Israeli media reported that police were treating the fire as accidental, caused by cigarette butts thrown from a car window.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But the teenagers they were treating to a graduation trip to Orlando, Fla., would have had to go through the standard line in Boston.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
Mexican authorities said they were treating the wounded and investigating what was behind the shooting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
Options markets, and broader volatility gauges, meanwhile, suggested investors were treating the two-week cease-fire as “a reprieve, not a resolution,” according to Saxo Bank’s head of commodity strategy, Ole Hansen.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026
One day Dad leaned over my bed and asked if the nurses and doctors were treating me okay.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
