queue
noun
a braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
was queuing
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past progressiveof queue.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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Andrei was queuing for the first time, with his wife Yekaterina.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Greg Lawrence from Whitstable, who was queuing at the Herne Bay bottle water station, told BBC Radio Kent it was "very frustrating" to have supply issues during the hot weather.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
“It’s not that we’re hungry. We lost our jobs because of the occupation,” said Olga Meshcherikova, who was queuing with her husband Ihor, 48, now an unemployed builder.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2022
"McDonald's operates in few places now," said 32-year-old Irina, who was queuing at the branch in Moscow's Leningradsky Station, from where trains head north to St Petersburg.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2022
If he’d left the ball, Ander Herrera was queuing up behind him to stroke home.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 15, 2015
