convert
verb (used with object)
was converting
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past progressiveof convert.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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In late October, after a year of negotiating with the attorneys general of California and Delaware, OpenAI announced that it was converting its for-profit subsidiary to a public-benefit corporation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025
Soon after completing his shipping container house, Uyeda began having conversations with his now business partner Adam Wininger about how the rise of Airbnb was converting desperately needed housing in the desert to vacation rentals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
Reservation holders put down $100 deposits, which Ford was converting to orders.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Jinan, the capital of eastern China’s Shandong Province, announced last month that it was converting 650 rooms at a recently built quarantine center into low-cost housing for skilled factory workers at an adjacent industrial park.
From New York Times ● Feb. 5, 2023
The orphan put aside the fold of crape which she was converting into a collar, and inclined her head slightly.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
