request
noun
the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition.
was requesting
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past progressiveof request.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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"If ICE was requesting travel documents from Thailand, they went to the wrong country," Nguyen told AFP.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The institute said that it was requesting retraction of six manuscripts and had found 31 other manuscripts that required corrections.
From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
The hold-up was Moreno, who failed to meet what Ohtani’s camp was requesting, according to sources with knowledge of the situation not authorized to speak publicly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2023
The company offered few specifics about the course of its restructuring, but noted in its filing that it was requesting the ability to cancel leases in particular locations that WeWork described as largely non-operational.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
It was a little while before Lucia realized that this rather overpowering visitor was requesting her to "give up" certain sonnets of Keith Rickman's, written in ninety-three.
From The Divine Fire by May Sinclair
