reply
verb (used without object)
to make answer in words or writing; answer; respond.
was replying
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past progressiveof reply.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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The support team was replying to some accounts, offering a link to Hulu’s support page — which ended up going down too.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
Arbuthnot replies: "I don't think he did... probably because he was told Paula Vennells was replying to me herself."
From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2024
Well, importantly, I would get a notification every time anyone replied to the hell thread, which at some point was some significant percentage of the entire app was replying to one thread.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2023
When one Twitter user noted that Mr. Joyce was replying to an anonymous user with a pink teddy bear in January, Mr. Joyce took the chance to deploy his it-takes-all-kinds mantra.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 3, 2023
Of course, she was replying to my question about why we turned the clocks back in the fall.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
