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 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
California public health officials have repeatedly warned over the last decade that federal budget cuts were weakening their ability to respond to a widespread health crisis like the current coronavirus pandemic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2020
By the time Aeneas’s chilled arms were weakening with dread—if extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra meant chilled arms weakening with dread—Turner was wishing that fate would exile the Minister’s Son anywhere else.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
