обсуждался

обсуждался

"Was being discussed."

Here, "обсуждался" indicates a passive past tense in the masculine singular form, showing that the subject 'вопрос' was the topic of discussion.

Этот вопрос уже обсуждался на прошлом собрании.

This question has already been discussed at the previous meeting.

"Обсуждался" is used in this sentence to indicate that a specific subject (the example) was the object of discussion during the lesson.

В ходе урока обсуждался интересный пример из жизни.

During the lesson, an interesting example from life was discussed.

Here, the word takes the neuter plural form "обсуждалось," as it refers to discussing multiple aspects.

Множество аспектов обсуждалось перед тем, как принять решение.

Many aspects were discussed before making the decision.