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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Special adaptations were made to the state banquet, with a prayer room set aside in Windsor Castle, while the usual lunch hosted by the King did not take place as Tinubu was fasting.
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2026
“He was fasting on orange peels and water,” Romero says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2024
“When I worked for the school district in Seattle, one of the kiddos fainted in a classroom,” Olow said, recalling that officials later found out the student was fasting.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2023
During his stay, Modi had a dinner meeting with Obama, but he presented White House chefs with a dilemma: he was fasting for Navaratri, a Hindu festival.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
Because it was summer and the days were quite long, I was fasting for sixteen hours a day.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
