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
Whatever the cause, the fuel supplies Britons once took for granted were vanishing, lines of vehicles clogged the streets near gas stations and some businesses that depend on fuel were suddenly at a standstill.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
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
A great furniture factory and innumerable tenements were vanishing like icicles under a hot sun.
From The Californians by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
