yield
verb (used with object)
to give forth or produce by a natural process or in return for cultivation.
were yielding
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past progressiveof yield.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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In Thursday trading U.S. 10-year bonds were yielding 4.83% and Nasdaq futures were indicating a lower open.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
For instance, Forney Independent School District issued 30-year bonds to yield 5.03% They were yielding 4.29% this week.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
And by the 19th century, wonder cabinets were yielding to what we now think of as the modern, encyclopedic museum.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
“I think that split-second we were yielding for a potential person crossing the crosswalk,” said Nathaniel Fairfield, a Google team leader who was conducting the test drive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2015
She did not answer, but as he looked at her it seemed to him that something in her softened, as though a bitter frost were yielding at the first faint presage of Spring.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
