rework
verb (used with object)
to work or form again.
was reworking
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past progressiveof rework.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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Last year, Dern told The Times that New York-based designer Gabriela Hearst was reworking one of her styles that the “Marriage Story” actress had previously worn into a new design for the red carpet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2020
Eugenides fails to acknowledge that James himself was reworking a great novel, “Middlemarch,” by George Eliot.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2017
That doesn’t stand up now that we can see how thoroughly the State Department was reworking the language.
From Slate ● May 16, 2013
A State Senate committee decided last month that the issue needed further study, and Ms. Curry said she was reworking the bill in the hope it would be reconsidered.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2010
She laid the red skirt from her fortune-teller costume into her basket, along with some pretty plaid material she was reworking into a new gown.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
