was warning
- past progressive of warn.
Example Sentences
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The CEO, these breathless posts claimed, was warning “the period from 2025 to 2030 may be the last major chance for everyday people to build real wealth through technology.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 18, 2026
The breakthrough moment came during his autism press conference, when the president repeatedly stumbled over the word acetaminophen—you know, the very drug he was warning the entire nation to avoid.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella was warning about Max Verstappen's threat in the drivers' championship even before the Dutchman won the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
By the next day he was warning the roughly 10 million residents of Tehran, Iran's capital, to flee in the dead of night.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2025
The familiarity in Ama’s eyes, the emotion she had when she hugged me, the intensity she held when she was warning me—it didn’t seem like how a stranger would react.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
