room
noun
a portion of space within a building or other structure, separated by walls or partitions from other parts.
was rooming
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past progressiveof room.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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McLaughlin’s lawyers said she previously was rooming with another transgender woman but now is living in isolation leading up to her scheduled execution date.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
I was rooming with another person that had a false positive as well.
From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2021
She was a widow with three children when she met and married Paul Taylor Sr., who was rooming in her home.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2018
Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images By night, I was rooming with my best friend Peter, a white guy from New Jersey who adored Prince and who was my partner in crime.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 21, 2016
Not two blocks from the place where I was rooming was a district that I hitherto had never explored—in fact, had purposely avoided.
From Fifteen Years with the Outcast by Roberts, Fflorens
