erect
adjective
upright in position or posture.
was erecting
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past progressiveof erect.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 recent weeks, they have warned that Russia was erecting the architecture for significant military action, possibly even a full-fledged invasion.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2021
At age 10, Joey invented a game at a construction site where a local college was erecting an arts center.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 12, 2021
In December 1987, records show, Fred Trump bought a 7.5 percent stake in Trump Palace, a 55-story condominium building his son was erecting on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2018
At the bottom of one tunnel a deep pit had been cut using a chain saw, and, next to the pit, a carpenter was erecting a wooden platform.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 17, 2016
Lawrence exploited to the limit the free labor of graduate students, an important key to low-cost operation of the enormous piece of capital equipment he was erecting.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
