uphold
verb (used with object)
to support or defend, as against opposition or criticism.
were upholding
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past progressiveof uphold.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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They were upholding this sense of free expression and independence of thought.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2023
Punk was no longer subverting the gendered, racialized power dynamics that the earliest punk bands in L.A. were trying to dismantle; its biggest, best-known bands were upholding them.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2021
We know in Dred Scott they were upholding slavery.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2021
They were upholding the constitutional rights of this country.
From US News ● Jul. 12, 2016
They claimed that they were upholding that case, but that Napster could be liable anyway.
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
