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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In June, as I was drafting this essay, we experienced another pregnancy loss, this time a rare and dangerous type of ectopic pregnancy.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 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
He refused, and a team of lawyers was drafting their asylum applications.
From New York Times ● Nov. 7, 2022
Had the new Secretary of State known the instructions which the British Foreign Office was drafting at this moment for Mr. Augustus J. Foster, Jackson's successor, he would have been less sanguine.
From Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty by Allen Johnson
