usher
noun
a person who escorts people to seats in a theater, church, etc.
were ushering
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past progressiveof usher.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 realism they were ushering in had a radicalism that is difficult for us to recapture in an age that owes so much to the legacy of these writers.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024
Billions of Christians were ushering in the holiday, wrapping up a tumultuous year characterized by conflict and violence in many parts of the world.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2022
Several teams that were ushering out an overbearing, defensive-minded or special-teams-oriented head coach brought in a novice replacement with opposite characteristics.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 17, 2022
Frederick Douglass was convinced that the great machines of the age were ushering in an era of worldwide political revolution.
From New York Times ● Sep. 14, 2018
Mistresses here and there were ushering them to their places, the Kindergarten children to the front seats, Juniors to the middle, and Seniors to the rear.
From A Popular Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
