come
verb (used without object)
to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Don't come any closer!
was coming
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past progressiveof come.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 day was in the low 70s, and a breeze was coming through our kitchen window; I decided I would not mind standing at the stove long enough to coax the squash toward sweet collapse.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
It was as if he knew his time was coming, so he was going to make the most of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Mike Casey, an adviser in Alexandria, Va., has had many clients employ this conversion strategy, mostly because they already had significant savings and knew more work was coming.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
The conclusion was that far more phosphorus was coming into the catchment than was being removed through food production.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
So much water was coming up from below that it wasn’t even splashing anymore.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
