fast
adjective
was fasting
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past progressiveof fast.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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Students were unaware that she was fasting for 30 days and coming into class with just a few hours of sleep.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
“They all gave me courage that you can do it,” said Ms. Hassan, who was fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2022
In the years since, she’s done the StairMaster for an hour, while she was fasting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2022
"I did not utter these words, nor did I hear any other doctor say that he was fasting and that he would touch the patient only after the patient was given a bath."
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2017
Ocean thought Navid was hilarious, and I tried to explain that he wasn’t doing a bit, that Navid was really just, like, super annoying when he was fasting, and Ocean shrugged.
From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi
