interview
noun
a formal meeting in which one or more persons question, consult, or evaluate another person.
was interviewing
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past progressiveof interview.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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Ms. Hannah-Jones was interviewing me for a New York Times series titled “Segregated City,” a video companion piece of sorts to her 2016 article “Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
In the days before Tice vanished, the driver made one particularly brazen move while Tice was interviewing rebel fighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
To supplement what I did have, I would show up to interviews with self-published articles and story pitches that might appeal to the employer I was interviewing with.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 8, 2026
I was interviewing Jerry Seinfeld for The New Yorker when I was working on the book, and I read a couple of the behind-the-scenes books, and talked to some “Seinfeld” writers.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
Wherever they went, Fabyan sent insistent telegrams, often to the very office where William was interviewing.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
