import
verb (used with object)
to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
was importing
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past progressiveof import.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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Waller had obliged, insinuating Warsh was importing outside authority to ratify long-held views and dressing them up as discovery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
Bonhomie between Bessent and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi couldn’t disguise the headaches that the Iran war is causing for Japan, which was importing 80% of its oil and gas through the Strait of Hormuz.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Pizza Hut was importing something totally new: a casual, sit-down restaurant that served a quality meal for a reasonable price.
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
His firm Gerald McDonald and Co is named after his grandfather, a pioneer who was importing orange concentrate as far back as the 1940s from what was then British-mandate Palestine.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2025
King was importing himself more freely into the trial, being vengeful where Prout was grieved.
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
