triumph
noun
the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
were triumphing
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past progressiveof triumph.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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This kind of narrowing of the acceptable realm of conversation may have briefly led to a feeling that once marginalized groups were triumphing.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
Modern viticulture and the allure of pinot were triumphing over California history.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2015
While England were triumphing in Basel, Bulgaria - so pitiful at Wembley but apparently more imposing in Sofia - were being beaten at home by Montenegro.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 7, 2010
Columnist Walter Lippmann, Nikita Khrushchev had happily listed Laos and Cuba as the latest examples of countries where revolutionary movements were triumphing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whilst the United States were celebrating their victory with thanksgivings and public festivities, their allies were triumphing at all the different points, simultaneously, at which hostilities had been entered upon.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 by Robert Black
