answer
noun
a spoken or written reply or response to a question, request, letter, etc..
was answering
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past progressiveof answer.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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He might have been knocking, but nobody was answering.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
And the commerce ministry framed it as a favour to Washington, saying it was answering the "calls of US businesses and consumers".
From BBC ● May 9, 2025
With the other Star-Telegram reporters dispatched to the scene, he was answering phones at the newspaper’s rewrite desk when a call came in from woman asking for a ride to Dallas police headquarters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023
Several players crashed the postgame news conference’ as finals MVP A’ja Wilson was answering a question.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
“Hmm,” she replied, like she was answering me from a dream.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
