was grading
- past progressive of grade.
Example Sentences
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I was checking my homework, I was grading most of my own tests, I was the only one consistently investing in my educational future.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2023
When I walked up to the courtyard front of the coffeehouse, she was grading papers, casually looking up at me as I walked past the gate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
It transpires that after the death of his father, Worser and his mother bonded mainly through sophisticated wordplay, and laughter at “incongruous” sentences in college papers she was grading.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
His most notable innovation was grading wines on a hundred-point scale.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
Late afternoon: In the office at Berkeley I shared with several other lecturers and teaching assistants, I was grading some papers.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
