screen
noun
a movable or fixed device, usually consisting of a covered frame, that provides shelter, serves as a partition, etc.
was screening
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past progressiveof screen.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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He didn’t collect an assist, but was screening Philadelphia goaltender Carter Hart.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2023
Evan Thies, a spokesman for Mr. Adams, declined to say how the incoming administration was screening for emotional intelligence.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2021
“They’re uneven,” he told the Times in 2008, when Anthology was screening some of his films.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 8, 2021
The film was screening as part of NewFest, New York’s L.G.B.T. film festival, and is currently travelling the late-season circuit, looking to be picked up for distribution.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 26, 2018
The door was ajar and the night air blowing the flame, which he was screening with his hand.
From Dwellers in the Hills by Post, Melville Davisson
