accompany
verb (used with object)
to go along or in company with; join in action.
was accompanying
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past progressiveof accompany.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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The housewife was accompanying a friend who lost everything.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
In the summer of 2021, Ibrahim said, his brother-in-law was accompanying a bus with their company from Mazar-e-Sharif to Kabul.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Once in the studio, it was a case of playing through Stony Gate, with Lee showing the musicians the scene the track was accompanying, in order to whip up the right emotion.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
“Of course we used accordions to help us,” said Jerónimo Contreras, 42, a businessman who was accompanying his elderly parents at a polling site.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
He started out too high, and Hussey, who was accompanying him on the banjo, kept hissing, “Lower! Lower!”
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
