convoy
verb (used with object)
to accompany or escort, usually for protection.
was convoying
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past progressiveof convoy.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 reason: the Navy was convoying coastal shipping in the Western Atlantic, from Maine to Florida.
From Time Magazine Archive
“If I were you, ladies, I should go and look in the second-hand furniture department,” suggested the young lady who was convoying them round the basket department.
From The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel by John Strange Winter
He was convoying a train-load of school-teachers across the continent; and then, as now, she was a member of a party in her father's private car.
From A Romance in Transit by Francis Lynde
It was the only way for a solitary destroyer to keep effective watch on both sides of the ship she was convoying.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
And when news of the declaration arrived, he sailed within the hour, and set out in pursuit of a British squadron that was convoying a fleet of merchantmen from the West Indies to England.
From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
