wrong
adjective
not in accordance with what is morally right or good.
were wronging
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past progressiveof wrong.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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But he knowing their errand told them it was not they who were wronging him.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
She shrank back when she thought of the past, as if she were wronging her sister’s memory.
From Eunice by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
And I feel as if I were wronging the Saviour to speak of His worth and doctrine, when I have neither time nor space duly to set forth their transcendent excellency.
From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker
She proved to me that we were wronging no one, that we were making little Jacques's fortune, and I was silenced.
From The Widow Lerouge by Émile Gaboriau
It isn't as if you were wronging Stone or any of the others who worked hard and made good marks.
From Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906 by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
