vanish
verb (used without object)
to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible.
were vanishing
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past progressiveof vanish.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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As the visa refusals piled up, some began to fear their American college dreams were vanishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026
According to the timeline released by prosecutors and to Buildings Department and court records, Heuermann kept up his busy work schedule even as victims were vanishing.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2023
The tech bubble was bursting, and all across Silicon Valley, paper fortunes were vanishing.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
The 10,000 American lives he said might be lost to the pandemic were vanishing almost every week.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2020
As wealth increased, they declared that honesty and goodness and self-denial and charity were vanishing from the earth.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
