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
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
Eytan Buchman, chief marketing officer of Freightos, a Jerusalem-based booking platform, said one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to increase capacity was converting passenger planes into freighters.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 22, 2022
Lundgren kept things about the same during his stay; his only change was converting one of the two-car garages into a gym.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2021
Fred had brought his tools, and was converting a large wooden box into a playhouse for his little sister.
From Little Robins Learning to Fly by Madeline Leslie
