refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
was refitting
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past progressiveof refit.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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Yes, Brownrig had been there, and had been told that the ship was refitting in the American port, and would soon be home, but that, was all he had heard.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by Edwards, G. H. (George Henry)
His ship, as I afterwards found out, had not been paid off, but he had obtained a fortnight’s leave of absence, while she was refitting.
From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick
Be that as it may he gave me leave, whilst the ship was refitting, to go home for four days.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
He corresponded with Rev. Thomas Wharton, about stained glass and paper hangings, which Wharton, who was refitting his house in the Gothic taste, had commissioned Gray to buy for him of London dealers.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
It contained an old friend of his father’s, Captain Summers, who had come to spend a few days at the tower while his ship was refitting.
From Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay by Kingston, William Henry Giles
