salvage
was salvaging
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past progressiveof salvage.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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All that mattered was salvaging the film and making absolutely sure this wouldn’t happen again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
One of their jobs was salvaging metal, including railway track, abandoned by British Aluminium which operated a smelter in Fort William.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2025
One man, who was salvaging mattresses and clothes from his wrecked home, said he believed his neighbours were still under the rubble.
From Reuters ● Sep. 10, 2023
Meanwhile, Matt Lincecum was salvaging what he could from the childhood home in a city their mother now referred to as “a swimming pool.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2018
The next duty was salvaging amongst the flotsam and jetsam which, with the timber charging about and the water at a very low temperature, was a decidedly unpleasant task.
From The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula by Herbert Brayley Collett
