construct
verb (used with object)
was constructing
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past progressiveof construct.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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Managers hired to run the perfectly designed factory that Jobs was constructing couldn’t respond to the changes quickly enough, so they were fired, one after another.
From The Wall Street Journal β May 17, 2026
United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was constructing the foundations of an almost unparalleled era of domestic dominance in the decade ahead.
From BBC β Feb. 16, 2023
The newly hired coach and general manager was constructing his staff and wanted to bring his son along.
From Washington Post β Aug. 11, 2022
And along with Russell Wilson, the pivotal piece of his shockingly quick building of a Super Bowl winner in Seattle was constructing the Legion of Boom secondary.
From Seattle Times β Sep. 12, 2020
He took Joe to one end of the long I beam on which he was constructing the frame for a new shell.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
