craft
noun
an art, trade, or occupation requiring special skill, especially manual skill.
was crafting
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past progressiveof craft.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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At one point, in 2015, as she was crafting her pitch, Epstein urged her: “dont oversell it, it will kill it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 15, 2026
He said that the OPM was crafting smokescreens between itself and the layoffs to make them legal and refused to buy the line that the agency had no say in the widespread reduction in force.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025
Haddad also said the government was crafting an ecological transition plan that has won positive feedback from Lula and could become the "flagship initiative" of his third non-consecutive term in office.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2023
When EPA was crafting its coal ash regulations, many of those concerned about the possible health effects of the ash hoped the agency would declare it to be hazardous waste.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
The biggest challenge for production designer Stefan Dechant in bringing Joel Coen’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Macbeth” to screen was crafting the right tone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
