was loading

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  of load.
  load

  noun

  anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo.

Example Sentences

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was loading

While Wilson’s career began to nosedive as he played on an expensive contract, Seattle was loading up on the kind of assets that put a team in position to succeed for years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

“Their needs and their wants are completely different than what we need here,” said Pamela Davis, 40, who was loading bags of chicken feed into the back of her SUV in Yuba City.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025

By that point, the American Civil Liberties Union had credible information from multiple sources that the government was loading Venezuelan migrants on buses heading to the Abilene, Texas, airport for rendition flights to El Salvador.

From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2025

I would try to hide the ball, switching it in my hand as I was loading up.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2024

But it didn’t matter, because even if the whole town of Marysville had been there, they couldn’t have eaten everything that was loading down those tables.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt

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