draft
noun
a drawing, sketch, or design.
was drafting
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past progressiveof draft.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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Home with his mother before school, he was drafting a note to a teacher about a bad grade, and in between, he tapped out a few jokes and deleted each one.
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026
Because if you account for the production cycle always being like 12 to 18 months, then you know somebody was drafting in late 2020, early 2021.
From Salon ● May 16, 2023
He also sent two text messages and was drafting an email just before the grounding occurred, the Coast Guard said.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 7, 2022
Democratic state Rep. Rep. Greg Porter of Indianapolis condemned the policy in a statement Tuesday and said he was drafting legislation to retroactively eliminate state income tax on debt relief.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
I told our fellows this afterwards, when the Aliens' Act was drafting; Robson was immensely amused.
From The Debit Account by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
