dial
noun
a plate, disk, face, or other surface containing markings or figures upon which the time of day is indicated by hands, pointers, or shadows, as of a clock or sundial.
was dialing
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past progressiveof dial.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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Moments after the pair made their breakup official he was dialing someone.
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2024
President Moon Jae-in expressed concern that Pyongyang was dialing up its testing activity ahead of the South’s presidential elections in March.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 10, 2022
Now, in desperation, she was dialing the Nashville office, where she filed the case.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2021
The publisher had scrambled behind his desk and was dialing the phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2018
She had wondered as she was dialing Minerva what Jaimito would do when he came home and found his wife and his pickup missing.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
