was corresponding
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past progressiveof correspond.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
correspondverb (used without object)to be in agreement or conformity (often followed by with or to).
Example Sentences
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Still, before the package arrived, it could feel like I was corresponding with a shadow.
From Salon ● Jan. 7, 2025
Sonali Poudel MS'20, PhD'21, now a research scientist at UT Austin, was corresponding author of the paper.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024
“I am reasonably confident I was corresponding with a representative of Vice Society,” Bajak said in an email exchange with The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
Sapier at times expressed confusion about the age of the person he was corresponding with in texts exchanged between the two.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2021
“My friend Paul was corresponding with your dad on my behalf about the housekeeping position? And our…special circumstances?”
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
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