was promoting
- past progressive of promote.
Example Sentences
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When federal agents targeted her associates, she was promoting “Miss Representation: Rise Up,” her new film examining the role technology plays in fueling what she describes as “the rising backlash against women’s progress.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
What Gyllenhaal was promoting was intangible, something that money couldn’t buy and no agent could secure: his personal definition of masculinity.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
He said the princess returned "buzzing" from her trip to Italy, where she was promoting the importance of early years education.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Locals give directions to out-of-towners using churches as landmarks, and a Masonic lodge was promoting a squirrel hunt one recent day.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026
And that, following an assessment of his sedulous performance over the years, the distributor was promoting Mr. Dalai to manage the College Street branch.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
