weaken
verb (used with object)
were weakening
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past progressiveof weaken.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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A neighbor, a structural engineer, explained the fires were weakening the steel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
By around 3:30 a.m., the winds were weakening slightly, with gusts in the 40-mph range, said National Weather Service meteorologist Todd Hall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
By the late 1970s, the Soviet Union's economy and global influence were weakening.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023
Peter said demand was very robust in America and that Europe's order backlog was still high but new orders were weakening in the United Kingdom and Germany.
From Reuters ● Feb. 12, 2023
They’d have dimmed the lights now, but the car batteries were weakening anyway.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
