Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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Outside the jail, David Otero, 35, was chaining his bicycle to a handrail before visiting his brother inside.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2012
As she watched him watching the tower, she had a sensation that a bond, a new bond between them, was chaining them together in a new way.
From The Garden of Allah by Robert Smythe Hichens
My heart leaped when I discovered that which was chaining the attention of them all.
From Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs
A new form of paralysis was chaining him to the ground.
From A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay
Mercy Gale was chaining the warp off the reels in great massive coils which would presently depart to be polished and finished at Bridport.
From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts
