wage
noun
Often wages. money that is paid or received for work or services, as by the hour, day, or week.
were waging
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past progressiveof wage.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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It was the spring of 1985, and Californians were waging civic war on behalf of English.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2025
In “Guitar World,” Sinclair described “the crazed guerilla warfare we were waging with the MC5.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2024
So said Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 1918, when Americans were waging a fierce battle over the employment of young children.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 1, 2023
Qatar was home to the Taliban's political office since around 2012 when they were waging an insurgency against the Western-backed government until they seized power in 2021.
From Reuters ● Feb. 5, 2023
He stayed still, but she saw a tremor pass through him, as if he were waging a war with himself.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
