fetch
verb (used with object)
to go and bring back; return with; get.
was fetching
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past progressiveof fetch.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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Nedoune, a Tuareg herder in his fifties, said he was fetching water two years ago in the northern Timbuktu region when a convoy spotted him.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
Discovery was fetching a market cap just over $30 billion in early September before deal speculation began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 6, 2025
When The Associated Press met her, she was fetching water from one of the dams to clean utensils and wash clothes.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 24, 2024
The dollar index , which measures the U.S. currency against six key rivals, was fetching 103.51 in early Asian hours, just under the 103.65 two-month peak it touched overnight.
From Reuters ● May 24, 2023
He was fetching water from a brook near the farm when he met two other North Korean defectors.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
